CVE-2025-40116: linux

CVSS: UnknownDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40116DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40116
Published 12-11-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-40116 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 12.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.22%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 46 · Related 44
DLA-4379-1DLA-4404-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1

Timeline

  1. 12-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup The kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the max3421_hcd->spi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL. Check for both before dereferencing it.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.22%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

12%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.21% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.22%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu153 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-170.180 | < 6.8.0-106.106 | < 6.17.0-14.14
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1100.107 | < 6.8.0-1050.53 | < 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.158-1 | < 6.12.57-1 | < 6.17.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < 89838fe5c6c010ff8d3924f22afd9c18c5c95310 | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < 3facf69a735e730ae36387f18780fe420708aa91 | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < e0e0ce06f3571be9b26790e4df56ba37b1de8543 | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < 3723c3dda1cc82c9bbca08fcbd46705a361bfd56 | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < b0439e3762ac9ea580f714e1504a1827d1ad32f5 | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < e68ea6de1d0551f90d7a2c75f82cb3ebe5e397dc | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < b682ce44bf20ada752a2f6ce70d5a575c56f6a35 | ≥ 05dfa5c9bc37933181b619e42ec0eeb41ef31362, < 186e8f2bdba551f3ae23396caccd452d985c23e3 | 3.16

3 vendors · 155 products

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