# CVE-2025-40225: drm/panthor: Fix kernel panic on partial unmap of a GPU VA region

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel panic via partial GPU VA unmapping in the Panthor driver, causing system denial of service.

- **Severity:** Not scored
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 4 Dec 2025
- **Updated:** 11 May 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-40225, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40225, GHSA-76cm-h8v2-6gpw, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40225

## What is CVE-2025-40225?

CVE-2025-40225 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Dec 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:

drm/panthor: Fix kernel panic on partial unmap of a GPU VA region

This commit address a kernel panic issue that can happen if Userspace
tries to partially unmap a GPU virtual region (aka drm_gpuva).
The VM_BIND interface allows partial unmapping of a BO.

Panthor driver pre-allocates memory for the new drm_gpuva structures
that would be needed for the map/unmap operation, done using drm_gpuvm
layer. It expected that only one new drm_gpuva would be needed on umap
but a partial unmap can require 2 new drm_gpuva and that's why it
ended up doing a NULL pointer dereference causing a kernel panic.

Following dump was seen when partial unmap was exercised.
 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000078
 Mem abort info:
   ESR = 0x0000000096000046
   EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
   SET = 0, FnV = 0
   EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
   FSC = 0x06: level 2 translation fault
 Data abort info:
   ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000046, ISS2 = 0x00000000
   CM = 0, WnR = 1, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
   GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
 user pgtable: 4k pages, 48-bit VAs, pgdp=000000088a863000
 [000000000000078] pgd=080000088a842003, p4d=080000088a842003, pud=0800000884bf5003, pmd=0000000000000000
 Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000046 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
 <snip>
 pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
 pc : panthor_gpuva_sm_step_remap+0xe4/0x330 [panthor]
 lr : panthor_gpuva_sm_step_remap+0x6c/0x330 [panthor]
 sp : ffff800085d43970
 x29: ffff800085d43970 x28: ffff00080363e440 x27: ffff0008090c6000
 x26: 0000000000000030 x25: ffff800085d439f8 x24: ffff00080d402000
 x23: ffff800085d43b60 x22: ffff800085d439e0 x21: ffff00080abdb180
 x20: 0000000000000000 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000010
 x17: 6e656c202c303030 x16: 3666666666646466 x15: 393d61766f69202c
 x14: 312d3d7361203a70 x13: 303030323d6e656c x12: ffff80008324bf58
 x11: 0000000000000003 x10: 0000000000000002 x9 : ffff8000801a6a9c
 x8 : ffff00080360b300 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 000000088aa35fc7
 x5 : fff1000080000000 x4 : ffff8000842ddd30 x3 : 0000000000000001
 x2 : 0000000100000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : 0000000000000078
 Call trace:
  panthor_gpuva_sm_step_remap+0xe4/0x330 [panthor]
  op_remap_cb.isra.22+0x50/0x80
  __drm_gpuvm_sm_unmap+0x10c/0x1c8
  drm_gpuvm_sm_unmap+0x40/0x60
  panthor_vm_exec_op+0xb4/0x3d0 [panthor]
  panthor_vm_bind_exec_sync_op+0x154/0x278 [panthor]
  panthor_ioctl_vm_bind+0x160/0x4a0 [panthor]
  drm_ioctl_kernel+0xbc/0x138
  drm_ioctl+0x240/0x500
  __arm64_sys_ioctl+0xb0/0xf8
  invoke_syscall+0x4c/0x110
  el0_svc_common.constprop.1+0x98/0xf8
  do_el0_svc+0x24/0x38
  el0_svc+0x40/0xf8
  el0t_64_sync_handler+0xa0/0xc8
  el0t_64_sync+0x174/0x178

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-40225?


## How do I fix CVE-2025-40225?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-40225 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40225 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40225 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-40225 is a vulnerability in Linux, published on 4 Dec 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-2025-40225 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-2025-40225/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40225/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40225
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40225
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-40225

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Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.