CVE-2025-40360: Linux

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

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/sysfb: Do not dereference NULL pointer in plane reset The plane state in __drm_gem_reset_shadow_plane() can be NULL. Do not deref that pointer, but forward NULL to the other plane-reset helpers. Clears plane->state to NULL. v2: - fix typo in commit description (Javier)

Affected products

• Linux Linux: from 5.15, before 5.15.197 (fixed in 5.15.197); from 5.16, before 6.1.159 (fixed in 6.1.159); from 6.2, before 6.6.117 (fixed in 6.6.117); from 6.7, before 6.12.58 (fixed in 6.12.58); from 6.13, before 6.17.8 (fixed in 6.17.8)

Published 2025-12-16. Last modified 2026-06-17.