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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2025· Updated Apr 15, 2026

CVE-2025-40116

CVE-2025-40116

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

usb: host: max3421-hcd: Fix error pointer dereference in probe cleanup

The kthread_run() function returns error pointers so the max3421_hcd->spi_thread pointer can be either error pointers or NULL. Check for both before dereferencing it.

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