CVE-2025-40010

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    CVE-2025-40010

    Published: 20 Oct 2025Last Modified: 12 Aug 2026

    Summary: afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server

    Details: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: afs: Fix potential null pointer dereference in afs_put_server afs_put_server() accessed server->debug_id before the NULL check, which could lead to a null pointer dereference. Move the debug_id assignment, ensuring we never dereference a NULL server pointer.

    References: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41782c44bb8431c43043129ae42f2ba614938479, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b8381f3c405b864a814d747e526e078c3ef4bc2, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9158c6bb245113d4966df9b2ba602197a379412e, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a13dbc5e20c7284b82afe6f08debdecf51d2ca04, https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cab278cead49a547ac84c3e185f446f381303eae, https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40010.json, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40010, https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git

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    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 2757a4dc184997c66ef1de32636f73b9f21aac14
    Fixed -7b8381f3c405b864a814d747e526e078c3ef4bc2

    Affected versions

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    Integrity
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