PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-test: Add NULL check for DMA channels before release
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI: endpoint: pci-epf-test: Add NULL check for DMA channels before release The fields dma_chan_tx and dma_chan_rx of the struct pci_epf_test can be NULL even after EPF initialization. Then it is prudent to check that they have non-NULL values before releasing the channels. Add the checks in pci_epf_test_clean_dma_chan(). Without the checks, NULL pointer dereferences happen and they can lead to a kernel panic in some cases: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000050 Call trace: dma_release_channel+0x2c/0x120 (P) pci_epf_test_epc_deinit+0x94/0xc0 [pci_epf_test] pci_epc_deinit_notify+0x74/0xc0 tegra_pcie_ep_pex_rst_irq+0x250/0x5d8 irq_thread_fn+0x34/0xb8 irq_thread+0x18c/0x2e8 kthread+0x14c/0x210 ret_from_fork+0x10/0x20 [mani: trimmed the stack trace]
Why it matters now
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.157, 6.6.113, 6.12.54, 6.17.3, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40032
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-4chp-rv27-mr56
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6411f840a9b5c47c00ca8e004733de232553870d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c5ce6b6ccc22d486cc7239ed908cb0ae5363a7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb54ffd60064c4e5139a3eb216e877b1acae1c8b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57f7fb0d1ac28540c0f6405c829bb9c3b89d8dba
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85afa9ea122dd9d4a2ead104a951d318975dcd25
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40032 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40032 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-4chp-rv27-mr56 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40032 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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