CVE-2025-40195: mount: handle NULL values in mnt_ns_release()
Noroxi assessment
Priority: Monitor (action score 0/100)
- The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
- Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.19% (FIRST EPSS).
- Fixed version: Linux Linux 2d68f8a7379d9c61005e982600c61948d4d019bd, 6c7ca6a02f8f9549a438a08a23c6327580ecf3d6, 99ae3e70a293834d0274c46a37120c71a24a4995; azl3 kernel 6.6.112.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.117.1-1.
Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 2d68f8a7379d9c61005e982600c61948d4d019bd, 6c7ca6a02f8f9549a438a08a23c6327580ecf3d6, 99ae3e70a293834d0274c46a37120c71a24a4995; azl3 kernel 6.6.112.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.117.1-1 or later.
Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it
Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mount: handle NULL values in mnt_ns_release() When calling in listmount() mnt_ns_release() may be passed a NULL pointer. Handle that case gracefully.
- Published
- Nov 12, 2025
- Updated
- Oct 19, 2026
- EPSS
- 0.1% · 9th percentile
- CWE
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Report tools
Action score
0
Monitor
Low priority for now.
- CVSS
- 0 / 40 · —
- CISA KEV
- 0 / 30 · Not listed
- EPSS
- 0 / 30 · 0.1%
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Versions reported by the vendor
Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.
Linux Linux
- 6.11affected
- 1901c92497bd90caf608a474f1bf4d8795b372a2 and later · before 2d68f8a7379d9c61005e982600c61948d4d019bdaffected · git
- 1901c92497bd90caf608a474f1bf4d8795b372a2 and later · before 99ae3e70a293834d0274c46a37120c71a24a4995affected · git
- 1901c92497bd90caf608a474f1bf4d8795b372a2 and later · before 6c7ca6a02f8f9549a438a08a23c6327580ecf3d6affected · git
- before 6.11not affected · semver
- 6.12.54 and later · up to and including 6.12.*not affected · semver
- 6.17.4 and later · up to and including 6.17.*not affected · semver
- 6.18 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix
Package-level exposure
OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected range | Fix |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:13 | linux | before 6.12.57-1 | 6.12.57-1 |
| Debian:14 | linux | before 6.17.6-1 | 6.17.6-1 |
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Published before and after this one in the same product
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Remediation
Which version to upgrade to
Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.
| Product / package | Fixed version | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Linux Linux | 2d68f8a7379d9c61005e982600c61948d4d019bd | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 6c7ca6a02f8f9549a438a08a23c6327580ecf3d6 | Vendor (CNA) |
| Linux Linux | 99ae3e70a293834d0274c46a37120c71a24a4995 | Vendor (CNA) |
| azl3 kernel 6.6.112.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 | 6.6.117.1-1 · CBL-Mariner Releases | Microsoft (MSRC) |
| debian:linux | 6.12.57-1 · Debian:13 | Package registry (OSV) |
Exploit status
No known public exploit
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Research context
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Timeline
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No dated events beyond publication.
No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).
Patch and commit links
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Variant candidates
Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.
No nightly-computed relations.
Chain candidates
An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.
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Bug bounty scope
No known public program.
Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).
Technical details
No CVSS vector for this record, so attack conditions can't be derived.
Weakness class (CWE)
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Attack context
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Change log
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References
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