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CVE-2025-40177 json

accel/qaic: Fix bootlog initialization ordering

published 2025-11-12 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-19 20 d ago also EUVD-2025-124906

cvss
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not scored
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.2%
EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 9%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

accel/qaic: Fix bootlog initialization ordering

As soon as we queue MHI buffers to receive the bootlog from the device, we could be receiving data. Therefore all the resources needed to process that data need to be setup prior to queuing the buffers.

We currently initialize some of the resources after queuing the buffers which creates a race between the probe() and any data that comes back from the device. If the uninitialized resources are accessed, we could see page faults.

Fix the init ordering to close the race.

Patch / fix

  • Linux Linux 6.12.55, 6.17.5, 6.18
  • linux Debian 13 6.12.57-1
  • linux Debian 14 6.17.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40177

  • linux Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-14.14
  • linux-aws Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-gcp Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-azure Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1008.8
  • linux-raspi Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1008.8
  • linux-riscv Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-14.14.1
  • linux-oracle Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-aws-6.17 Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40177

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.31.2
  • kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1
  • kernel-source-rt Real Time Module 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.7.31.1
  • kernel-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
  • kernel-syms-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
  • kernel-source-azure SLE Module for Public Cloud 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.20.27.1
  • kernel-64kb SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1
  • kernel-syms SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 6.4.0-150700.53.31.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:0587-1SUSE-SU-2026:0472-1SUSE-SU-2026:0447-1SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1

  • kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
  • kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2025-40177 updated

kernel: accel/qaic: Fix bootlog initialization ordering

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernel
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Affected products

  • Linux Linux

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