CVE-2025-40346

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in arch_topology via Incorrect Error Check

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: arch_topology: Fix incorrect error check in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() Fix incorrect use of PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() in topology_parse_cpu_capacity() which causes the code to proceed with NULL clock pointers. The current logic uses !PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(cpu_clk) which evaluates to true for both valid pointers and NULL, leading to potential NULL pointer dereference in clk_get_rate(). Per include/linux/err.h documentation, PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(ptr) returns: "The error code within @ptr if it is an error pointer; 0 otherwise." This means PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO() returns 0 for both valid pointers AND NULL pointers. Therefore !PTR_ERR_OR_ZERO(cpu_clk) evaluates to true (proceed) when cpu_clk is either valid or NULL, causing clk_get_rate(NULL) to be called when of_clk_get() returns NULL. Replace with !IS_ERR_OR_NULL(cpu_clk) which only proceeds for valid pointers, preventing potential NULL pointer dereference in clk_get_rate().

Scores

EPSS 0.0004
EPSS Percentile 12.2%

Details

Status published
Products (22)
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.196linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.158linux
linux/Kernel 5.7.0 - 5.10.246linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.17.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.115linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.56linux
Linux/Linux < 5.7
Linux/Linux 5.10.246 - 5.10.*
Linux/Linux 5.15.196 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 5.7
... and 12 more
Published Dec 16, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026