CVE-2025-40060
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Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: coresight: trbe: Return NULL pointer for allocation failures When the TRBE driver fails to allocate a buffer, it currently returns the error code "-ENOMEM". However, the caller etm_setup_aux() only checks for a NULL pointer, so it misses the error. As a result, the driver continues and eventually causes a kernel panic. Fix this by returning a NULL pointer from arm_trbe_alloc_buffer() on allocation failures. This allows that the callers can properly handle the failure.
Severity
Not scored
CVSS score
Not available
Vulnerability status
Deferred
Source identifier
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Published
2025-10-28 12:15:40.377000
Last modified
2026-10-19 21:10:00.160000
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"value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncoresight: trbe: Return NULL pointer for allocation failures\n\nWhen the TRBE driver fails to allocate a buffer, it currently returns\nthe error code \"-ENOMEM\". However, the caller etm_setup_aux() only\nchecks for a NULL pointer, so it misses the error. As a result, the\ndriver continues and eventually causes a kernel panic.\n\nFix this by returning a NULL pointer from arm_trbe_alloc_buffer() on\nallocation failures. This allows that the callers can properly handle\nthe failure."
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"value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\ncoresight: trbe: Devolver puntero NULL para fallos de asignación\n\nCuando el controlador TRBE falla al asignar un búfer, actualmente devuelve el código de error '-ENOMEM'. Sin embargo, la función llamadora etm_setup_aux() solo comprueba un puntero NULL, por lo que omite el error. Como resultado, el controlador continúa y finalmente causa un pánico del kernel.\n\nSolucionar esto devolviendo un puntero NULL desde arm_trbe_alloc_buffer() en fallos de asignación. Esto permite que las funciones llamadoras puedan manejar correctamente el fallo."
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