VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2025-40116
EPSS probability0.22%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2025-11-12
Last modified2026-10-19
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.