In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all access…

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1. Dec 16, 2025 · NIST NVD

   Detected

   In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx will result in kernel panic. Fix it.

2. Oct 14, 2026 · NIST NVD

   Updated

   In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx will result in kernel panic. Fix it.

Sources

• CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68309

  Official CVE identifier

  cve.org
• FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-68309

  30-day exploitation probability 0.2%

  first.org
• NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-68309

  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx will result in kernel panic. Fix it.

  nvd.nist.gov

References

• Reference · git.kernel.org
• Reference · git.kernel.org