CVE-2025-40207
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Publication date: 2025-11-12

Last updated on: 2025-11-14

Assigner: kernel.org

Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: v4l2-subdev: Fix alloc failure check in v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() macro allocates a subdev state with __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc(), but does not check the returned value. If __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc fails, it returns an ERR_PTR, and that would cause v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() to crash. Add proper error handling to v4l2_subdev_call_state_try().
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Published
2025-11-12
Last Modified
2025-11-14
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2026-06-16
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2025-11-13
EPSS Evaluated
2026-06-15
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CVE-2025-40207
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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is in the Linux kernel's media subsystem, specifically in the v4l2-subdev component. The macro v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() allocates a sub-device state using __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc(), but it does not check if the allocation was successful. If the allocation fails, __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc() returns an error pointer (ERR_PTR), which causes v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() to crash. The fix involves adding proper error handling to prevent this crash.

Impact Analysis

This vulnerability can cause the Linux kernel to crash when the v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() macro encounters a failed allocation and does not handle the error properly. Such a crash can lead to system instability or denial of service, affecting the availability of the system or services relying on the media subsystem.

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