CVE-2025-40116
kernel: usb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup
Loading…
Severity
UnknownRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
Review impact separately from score.
Published · November 12, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
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.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE not specified