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CVE-2025-40185 Not scored

ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure When ice_adapter_new() fails, the reserved XArray entry created by xa_insert() is not released. This causes subsequent insertions at the same index to return -EBUSY, potentially leading to NULL pointer dereferences. Reorder the operations as suggested by Przemek Kitszel: 1. Check if adapter already exists (xa_load) 2. Reserve the XArray slot (xa_reserve) 3. Allocate the adapter (ice_adapter_new) 4. Store the adapter (xa_store)

Exploit probability 0.2%
Published November 12, 2025
Required by Not available
Last source change July 15, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Linux Kernel
Unknown Unknown

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

related ALSA-2025:22405
related ALSA-2025:22854
related OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1
related SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1
related SUSE-SU-2025:4516-1
related SUSE-SU-2025:4517-1
related SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1
related SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1
related SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2025-40185

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure When ice_adapter_new() fails, the reserved XArray entry created by xa_insert() is not released. This causes subsequent insertions at the same index to return -EBUSY, potentially leading to NULL pointer dereferences. Reorder the operations as suggested by Przemek Kitszel: 1. Check if adapter already exists (xa_load) 2. Reserve the XArray slot (xa_reserve) 3. Allocate the adapter (ice_adapter_new) 4. Store the adapter (xa_store)

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence