Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-40352)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-40352). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
platform/mellanox: mlxbf-pmc: add sysfs_attr_init() to count_clock init
The lock-related debug logic (CONFIG_LOCK_STAT) in the kernel is noting
the following warning when the BlueField-3 SOC is booted:
BUG: key ffff00008a3402a8 has not been registered!
------------[ cut here ]------------
DEBUG_LOCKS_WARN_ON(1)
WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 592 at kernel/locking/lockdep.c:4801 lockdep_init_map_type+0x1d4/0x2a0
Call trace:
lockdep_init_map_type+0x1d4/0x2a0
__kernfs_create_file+0x84/0x140
sysfs_add_file_mode_ns+0xcc/0x1cc
internal_create_group+0x110/0x3d4
internal_create_groups.part.0+0x54/0xcc
sysfs_create_groups+0x24/0x40
device_add+0x6e8/0x93c
device_register+0x28/0x40
__hwmon_device_register+0x4b0/0x8a0
devm_hwmon_device_register_with_groups+0x7c/0xe0
mlxbf_pmc_probe+0x1e8/0x3e0 [mlxbf_pmc]
platform_probe+0x70/0x110
The mlxbf_pmc driver must call sysfs_attr_init() during the
initialization of the "count_clock" data structure to avoid
this warning.
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-40352 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-40352" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-40352 (Linux kernel)
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-40352 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.18.35-r1
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40352 linux Fixed in: 6.17.6-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40352 linux-hwe-edge
References
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org