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CVE-2025-40059coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 27, 2026, 9:50 AM ET)

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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc The return value of devm_kzalloc could be an null pointer, use "!desc.pdata" to fix incorrect handling return value of devm_kzalloc.

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Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	4277f035d227e829133df284be7e35b7236a5b0f builds before 8c4e7e646d5d9050b374baf5c6bb3a00fb79e206; from 4277f035d227e829133df284be7e35b7236a5b0f before 9688b66d0a5e0eecf44f6286b8d9f7a161264035; from 4277f035d227e829133df284be7e35b7236a5b0f before 70714eb7243eaf333d23501d4c7bdd9daf011c01	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c4e7e646d5d9050b374baf5c6bb3a00fb79e206
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9688b66d0a5e0eecf44f6286b8d9f7a161264035
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70714eb7243eaf333d23501d4c7bdd9daf011c01

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