Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pid: Add a judgment for ns...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
pid: Add a judgment for ns null in pid_nr_ns
__task_pid_nr_ns
ns = task_active_pid_ns(current);
pid_nr_ns(rcu_dereference(*task_pid_ptr(task, type)), ns);
if (pid && ns->level <= pid->level) {
Sometimes null is returned for task_active_pid_ns. Then it will trigger kernel panic in pid_nr_ns.
For example:
Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000058
Mem abort info:
ESR = 0x0000000096000007
EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
SET = 0, FnV = 0
EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
FSC = 0x07: level 3 translation fault
Data abort info:
ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000007, ISS2 = 0x00000000
CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
user pgtable: 4k pages, 39-bit VAs, pgdp=00000002175aa000
[0000000000000058] pgd=08000002175ab003, p4d=08000002175ab003, pud=08000002175ab003, pmd=08000002175be003, pte=0000000000000000
pstate: 834000c5 (Nzcv daIF +PAN -UAO +TCO +DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0
lr : __task_pid_nr_ns+0x24/0xd0
sp : ffffffc08001bd10
x29: ffffffc08001bd10 x28: ffffffd4422b2000 x27: 0000000000000001
x26: ffffffd442821168 x25: ffffffd442821000 x24: 00000f89492eab31
x23: 00000000000000c0 x22: ffffff806f5693c0 x21: ffffff806f5693c0
x20: 0000000000000001 x19: 0000000000000000 x18: 0000000000000000
x17: 00000000529c6ef0 x16: 00000000529c6ef0 x15: 00000000023a1adc
x14: 0000000000000003 x13: 00000000007ef6d8 x12: 001167c391c78800
x11: 00ffffffffffffff x10: 0000000000000000 x9 : 0000000000000001
x8 : ffffff80816fa3c0 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 49534d702d535449
x5 : ffffffc080c4c2c0 x4 : ffffffd43ee128c8 x3 : ffffffd43ee124dc
x2 : 0000000000000000 x1 : 0000000000000001 x0 : ffffff806f5693c0
Call trace:
__task_pid_nr_ns+0x74/0xd0
...
__handle_irq_event_percpu+0xd4/0x284
handle_irq_event+0x48/0xb0
handle_fasteoi_irq+0x160/0x2d8
generic_handle_domain_irq+0x44/0x60
gic_handle_irq+0x4c/0x114
call_on_irq_stack+0x3c/0x74
do_interrupt_handler+0x4c/0x84
el1_interrupt+0x34/0x58
el1h_64_irq_handler+0x18/0x24
el1h_64_irq+0x68/0x6c
account_kernel_stack+0x60/0x144
exit_task_stack_account+0x1c/0x80
do_exit+0x7e4/0xaf8
...
get_signal+0x7bc/0x8d8
do_notify_resume+0x128/0x828
el0_svc+0x6c/0x70
el0t_64_sync_handler+0x68/0xbc
el0t_64_sync+0x1a8/0x1ac
Code: 35fffe54 911a02a8 f9400108 b4000128 (b9405a69)
---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]---
Kernel panic - not syncing: Oops: Fatal exception in interrupt
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Frequently Asked Questions
- What is CVE-2025-40178? CVE-2025-40178 is a unknown-severity security vulnerability. No fixed version is listed yet.
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- What actually determines whether CVE-2025-40178 is exploitable, and how bad it is? Exploitability and impact are not fixed properties of a CVE. They depend on runtime truth: whether the vulnerable code is present, reachable, and actually executes in your application. A high CVSS score on a dependency that never runs is not the same as real risk. Kodem, an Intelligent Application Security platform, uses runtime intelligence to reveal which vulnerabilities actually execute in production, so teams prioritize the ones that genuinely matter.