{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40178 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-40178 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Nov 2025."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40178 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40178 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Nov 2025. \nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40178 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. 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.\n2. 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.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40178/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40178/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40178","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40178/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40178","record":{"aliases":["AZL-70085","BELL-CVE-2025-40178","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40178","GHSA-5jxr-32rq-mpr8","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-40178","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-40178","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40178"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"unknown","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's pid_nr_ns function can cause a kernel panic, leading to a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"null_dereference"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":null,"severity":null,"source":null,"vector":null,"version":null},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns\n\n__task_pid_nr_ns\n        ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);\n        pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);\n                if (pid \u0026\u0026 ns-\u003elevel \u003c= pid-\u003elevel) {\n\nSometimes null is returned for task_active_pid_ns. Then it will trigger kernel panic in pid_nr_ns.\n\nFor example:\n\tUnable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000058\n\tMem abort info:\n\tESR = 0x0000000096000007\n\tEC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits\n\tSET = 0, FnV = 0\n\tEA = 0, S1PTW = 0\n\tFSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault\n\tData abort info:\n\tISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000\n\tCM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0\n\tGCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0\n\tuser pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000002175aa000\n\t[0000000000000058] pgd=08000002175ab003, p4d=08000002175ab003, pud=08000002175ab003, pmd=08000002175be003, pte=0000000000000000\n\tpstate: 834000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)\n\tpc : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0\n\tlr : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x24/0xd0\n\tsp : ffffffc08001bd10\n\tx29: ffffffc08001bd10 x28: ffffffd4422b2000 x27: 0000000000000001\n\tx26: ffffffd442821168 x25: ffffffd442821000 x24: 00000f89492eab31\n\tx23: 00000000000000c0 x22: ffffff806f5693c0 x21: ffffff806f5693c0\n\tx20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000\n\tx17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 00000000023a1adc\n\tx14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000007ef6d8 x12: 001167c391c78800\n\tx11: 00ffffffffffffff x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000001\n\tx8 : ffffff80816fa3c0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 49534d702d535449\n\tx5 : ffffffc080c4c2c0 x4 : ffffffd43ee128c8 x3 : ffffffd43ee124dc\n\tx2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ffffff806f5693c0\n\tCall trace:\n\t__task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0\n\t...\n\t__handle_irq_event_percpu+0xd4/0x284\n\thandle_irq_event+0x48/0xb0\n\thandle_fasteoi_irq+0x160/0x2d8\n\tgeneric_handle_domain_irq+0x44/0x60\n\tgic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x114\n\tcall_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74\n\tdo_interrupt_handler+0x4c/0x84\n\tel1_interrupt+0x34/0x58\n\tel1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24\n\tel1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c\n\taccount_kernel_stack+0x60/0x144\n\texit_task_stack_account+0x1c/0x80\n\tdo_exit+0x7e4/0xaf8\n\t...\n\tget_signal+0x7bc/0x8d8\n\tdo_notify_resume+0x128/0x828\n\tel0_svc+0x6c/0x70\n\tel0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc\n\tel0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac\n\tCode: 35fffe54 911a02a8 f9400108 b4000128 (b9405a69)\n\t---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---\n\tKernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns","id":"CVE-2025-40178","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"null_dereference","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"ext4: verify orphan file size is not too big","id":"CVE-2025-40179"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"accel/qaic: Fix bootlog initialization ordering","id":"CVE-2025-40177"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-11-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-05-11","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's pid_nr_ns function can cause a kernel panic, leading to a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40178/"}