CVE-2025-40156

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PM / devfreq: mtk-cci: Fix potential error pointer dereference in probe() The drv->sram_reg pointer could be set to ERR_PTR(-EPROBE_DEFER) which would lead to a error pointer dereference. Use IS_ERR_OR_NULL() to check that the pointer is valid.

CVSS

No CVSS.

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24d61b6e23d2c7291c528dd43a0bf76b5c05c8f0
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44e32104cf7e670e3d683c97b52350d8fac23322
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80eab6a9df7e1107dc334434dbacd05297703377
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cc23e221f392304b7b8aad213812564ddf6517e
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc33bf0e097c6834646b98a7b3da0ae5b617f0f9

Configurations

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History

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Information

Published : 2025-11-12 11:15

Updated : 2026-06-17 09:21

NVD link : CVE-2025-40156

Mitre link : CVE-2025-40156

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-40156

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Products Affected

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CWE

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