CVE-2025-40010

afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server

EPSS 0.2%

Vexday Risk Score

3Low

SSVC decision (CISA)

Track

No exploitation signal → monitor

CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —

Lifecycle

20 Oct 2025Published on NVD

Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server afs_put_server() accessed server->debug_id before the NULL check, which could lead to a null pointer dereference. Move the debug_id assignment, ensuring we never dereference a NULL server pointer.

Affected products

Linux · Linux

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41782c44bb8431c43043129ae42f2ba614938479 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b8381f3c405b864a814d747e526e078c3ef4bc2 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9158c6bb245113d4966df9b2ba602197a379412e https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13dbc5e20c7284b82afe6f08debdecf51d2ca04 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cab278cead49a547ac84c3e185f446f381303eae