Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-40029

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bus: fsl-mc: Check return value of platform_get_resource() platform_get_resource() returns NULL in case of failure, so check its return value and propagate the error in order to prevent NULL pointer dereference.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (11.6th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 12th percentile — 11.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-40029: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: +0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 6305166c8771c33a8d5992fb53f93cfecedc14fd, 5.9, 0

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