SUSE CVE-2025-40072

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fanotify: Validate the return value of mntnsfromdentry before dereferencing The function dofanotifymark does not validate if mntnsfromdentry returns NULL before dereferencing mntns-userns. This causes a NULL pointer dereference i...

Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-40072

"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fanotify: Validate the return value of mntnsfromdentry before dereferencing The function...

PT-2025-44140

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel versions prior to 6.17.0-rc4 Description The do fanotify mark function does not validate the return value of mnt ns from dentry before dereferencing it. This can lead to a NULL pointer dereference if the path is not a mount...