CVE-2025-40207 Affecting kernel6.12-debuginfo package, versions <1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNEL612DEBUGINFO-14432809
  • published17 Dec 2025
  • disclosed12 Nov 2025

Introduced: 12 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-40207  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel6.12-debuginfo to version 1:6.12.55-74.119.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1316.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel6.12-debuginfo package and not the kernel6.12-debuginfo package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

media: v4l2-subdev: Fix alloc failure check in v4l2_subdev_call_state_try()

v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() macro allocates a subdev state with __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc(), but does not check the returned value. If __v4l2_subdev_state_alloc fails, it returns an ERR_PTR, and that would cause v4l2_subdev_call_state_try() to crash.

Add proper error handling to v4l2_subdev_call_state_try().

CVSS Base Scores

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