NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting kernel-bootwrapper package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (5th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-KERNELBOOTWRAPPER-13943966
  • published14 Nov 2025
  • disclosed12 Nov 2025

Introduced: 12 Nov 2025

NewCVE-2025-40195  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 kernel-bootwrapper.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-bootwrapper package and not the kernel-bootwrapper package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1