CVE-2025-40089

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

cxl/features: Add check for no entries in cxl_feature_info

cxl EDAC calls cxl_feature_info() to get the feature information and
if the hardware has no Features support, cxlfs may be passed in as
NULL.

[   51.957498] BUG: kernel NULL pointer dereference, address: 0000000000000008
[   51.965571] #PF: supervisor read access in kernel mode
[   51.971559] #PF: error_code(0x0000) - not-present page
[   51.977542] PGD 17e4f6067 P4D 0
[   51.981384] Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP NOPTI
[   51.986300] CPU: 49 UID: 0 PID: 3782 Comm: systemd-udevd Not tainted 6.17.0dj
test+ #64 PREEMPT(voluntary)
[   51.997355] Hardware name: <removed>
[   52.009790] RIP: 0010:cxl_feature_info+0xa/0x80 [cxl_core]

Add a check for cxlfs before dereferencing it and return -EOPNOTSUPP if
there is no cxlfs created due to no hardware support.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
UNKNOWN
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LinuxCNA
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Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown