CVE-2025-40116: Linux

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

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.

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 3.16, before 5.4.301 (fixed in 5.4.301); from 5.5, before 5.10.246 (fixed in 5.10.246); from 5.11, before 5.15.195 (fixed in 5.15.195); from 5.16, before 6.1.156 (fixed in 6.1.156); from 6.2, before 6.6.112 (fixed in 6.6.112); from 6.7, before 6.12.53 (fixed in 6.12.53); …

Published 2025-11-12. Last modified 2026-06-17.