PT-2025-49615

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.0.0-rc3-00007-gdcf8e5633e2e Description The Linux kernel contains a flaw in the powerpc/kprobes subsystem. Specifically, a null pointer dereference can occur in the arch prepare kprobe function when handling...

Amazon Linux 2023 : bpftool6.12, kernel6.12, kernel6.12-devel (ALAS2023-2025-1316)

It is, therefore, affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ALAS2023-2025-1316 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption CVE-2025-40019 In the Linux kernel, the following...

Important: kernel6.12

Issue Overview: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: essiv - Check ssize for decryption and in-place encryption CVE-2025-40019 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mm/ksm: fix flag-dropping behavior in ksmmadvise CVE-2025-40040...

kprobes: Fix check for probe enabled in kill_kprobe()

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Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990793)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-990793 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on tracearray in kprobeeventgentestexit When...

Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990761)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-990761 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix potential null-ptr-deref on traceeventfile in kprobeeventgentestexit When...

Unity Linux 20.1070e Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990049)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-990049 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Build event generation tests only as modules The kprobes and synth event generation test...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989962)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-989962 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Free buffers when a used dynamic event is removed After 65536 dynamic events have been...

Unity Linux 20.1060a / 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-989049)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-989049 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: kprobe: Fix memory leak in testgenkprobe/kretprobecmd testgenkprobecmd only free buf in...

Unity Linux 20.1070a Security Update: kernel (UTSA-2025-990357)

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2025-990357 advisory. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Build event generation tests only as modules The kprobes and synth event generation test...

tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference

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SUSE CVE-2025-40042

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

CVE-2025-40042

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

AZL-68831 CVE-2025-40042 affecting package kernel for versions less than 6.6.117.1-1

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

CVE-2025-40042

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40042

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

EUVD-2025-36486

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

CVE-2025-40042

This CVE (CVE-2025-40042) describes a race in Linux kernel tracing (kprobe initialization). The issue occurs between perf_kprobe_init/perf_trace_event_init assigning tp_event->perf_events and enabling kprobe TP_FLAG_PROFILE, where kprobe_dispatcher may observe call->perf_events as NULL, lea...

CVE-2025-40042

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...

CVE-2025-40042 tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: Fix race condition in kprobe initialization causing NULL pointer dereference There is a critical race condition in kprobe initialization that can lead to NULL pointer dereference and kernel crash. 1135630.084782 Unable t...