Vulnerabilities

Vulnerability · CVE-2025-40134

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() There is a race condition between dm device suspend and table

Published Nov 12, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux

Open the advisory

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-40134. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Linux Linux with the linked advisory before you change production.

Gaps on this record

  • No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
  • EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
Severity
None0.0
Known exploitation
Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
EPSS
Not in the current FIRST EPSS dataset
Remediation
Version ranges on file
Affected products
vendor Linux Linux c4576aed8d85d808cd6443bda58393d525207d01 <9dc43ea6a20ff83fe9a5fe4be47ae0fbf2409b98

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() There is a race condition between dm device suspend and table load that can lead to null pointer dereference. The issue occurs when suspend is invoked before table load completes: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000054 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU: 6 PID: 6798 Comm: dmsetup Not tainted 6.6.0-g7e52f5f0ca9b #62 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.1-2.fc37 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:blk_mq_wait_quiesce_done+0x0/0x50 Call Trac

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  • vendor Linux Linux c4576aed8d85d808cd6443bda58393d525207d01 <9dc43ea6a20ff83fe9a5fe4be47ae0fbf2409b98c4576aed8d85d808cd6443bda58393d525207d01 <9dc43ea6a20ff83fe9a5fe4be47ae0fbf2409b98

How to fix CVE-2025-40134

  • Recommended remediation

    Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.

  • Official advisories

What to do

Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.

Should you patch?

Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-40134. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Linux Linux with the linked advisory before you change production.

Which versions are affected?

Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux c4576aed8d85d808cd6443bda58393d525207d01 <9dc43ea6a20ff83fe9a5fe4be47ae0fbf2409b98 c4576aed8d85d808cd6443bda58393d525207d01 <9dc43ea6a20ff83fe9a5fe4be47ae0fbf2409b98. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.

What should an analyst verify?

No weakness class is stored. EPSS is absent from the current FIRST dataset. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.

Code

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Timeline

Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.

  1. Nov 12, 2025 · EUVD

    Detected

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() There is a race condition between dm device suspend and table load that can lead to null pointer dereference. The issue occurs when suspend is invoked before table load completes: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000054 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU:

  2. May 11, 2026 · EUVD

    Updated

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() There is a race condition between dm device suspend and table load that can lead to null pointer dereference. The issue occurs when suspend is invoked before table load completes: BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000054 Oops: 0000 [#1] PREEMPT SMP PTI CPU:

Sources

  • EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-124949

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: fix NULL pointer dereference in __dm_suspend() There is a race condition between dm device suspend and table load that can lead to null pointer dereference. The issue occurs when suspend is invoked before tab

    euvd.enisa.europa.eu

References

Freshness

Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.