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CVE-2025-40178 — pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns

2026-10-15T15:12:52.223731+00:00

Affected: Linux

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

pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns

__task_pid_nr_ns ns = task_active_pid_ns(current); pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns); if (pid && ns->level <= pid->level) {

Sometimes null is returned for task_active_pid_ns. Then it will trigger kernel panic in pid_nr_ns.

For example: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000058 Mem abort info: ESR = 0x0000000096000007 EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits SET = 0, FnV = 0 EA = 0, S1PTW = 0 FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault Data abort info: ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000 CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0 GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0 user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000002175aa000 [0000000000000058] pgd=08000002175ab003, p4d=08000002175ab003, pud=08000002175ab003, pmd=08000002175be003, pte=0000000000000000 pstate: 834000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0 lr : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x24/0xd0 sp : ffffffc08001bd10 x29: ffffffc08001bd10 x28: ffffffd4422b2000 x27: 0000000000000001 x26: ffffffd442821168 x25: ffffffd442821000 x24: 00000f89492eab31 x23: 00000000000000c0 x22: ffffff806f5693c0 x21: ffffff806f5693c0 x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000 x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 00000000023a1adc x14: 000000000…

USN-8029-1 — linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities

2026-10-15T15:12:52.223834+00:00

Affected: Ubuntu:25.10: linux, Ubuntu:25.10: linux-raspi, Ubuntu:25.10: linux-realtime

Several security issues were discovered in the Linux kernel. An attacker could possibly use these to compromise the system. This update corrects flaws in the following subsystems: - ARM64 architecture; - MIPS architecture; - Nios II architecture; - PA-RISC architecture; - RISC-V architecture; - S390 architecture; - Sun Sparc architecture; - x86 architecture; - Xtensa architecture; - Block layer subsystem; - Cryptographic API; - Compute Acceleration Framework; - ACPI drivers; - Drivers core; - Network block device driver; - Bluetooth drivers; - Bus devices; - Hardware random number generator core; - Character device driver; - Clock framework and drivers; - Data acquisition framework and drivers; - CPU frequency scaling framework; - Hardware crypto device drivers; - CXL (Compute Express Link) drivers; - Device frequency scaling framework; - ARM SCMI message protocol; - GPIO subsystem; - GPU drivers; - Hardware monitoring drivers; - HW tracing; - InfiniBand drivers; - Input Device (Miscellaneous) drivers; - IOMMU subsystem; - ISDN/mISDN subsystem; - Mailbox framework; - Multiple devices driver; - Media drivers; - Fastrpc Driver; - PCI Endpoint Test driver; - VMware Balloon Driver; - MOST (Media Oriented Systems Transport) drivers; - Network drivers; - Mellanox network drivers; - STMicroelectronics network drivers; - NVME drivers; - PCI subsystem; - Performance monitor drivers; - Pin…