CVE-2025-40059: Linux

EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc The return value of devm_kzalloc could be an null pointer, use "!desc.pdata" to fix incorrect handling return value of devm_kzalloc.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 6.8, before 6.12.53 (fixed in 6.12.53); from 6.13, before 6.17.3 (fixed in 6.17.3)

Published 2025-10-28. Last modified 2026-06-17.