# CVE-2025-40059: coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc

> A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel Coresight driver can cause a system crash, requiring local access to exploit.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 28 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-40059, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40059, GHSA-p5wm-p7x9-9mrc, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-40059, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-40059, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40059

## What is CVE-2025-40059?

CVE-2025-40059 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 28 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

coresight: Fix incorrect handling for return value of devm_kzalloc

The return value of devm_kzalloc could be an null pointer,
use "!desc.pdata" to fix incorrect handling return value
of devm_kzalloc.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40059?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-40059?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-40059 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40059 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40059 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 28 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40059 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40059/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40059/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40059
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40059
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40059

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40059/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.