CVE-2025-40197 (GCVE-0-2025-40197)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-11-12 21:56 – Updated: 2026-05-23 16:01
VLAI
Title
media: mc: Clear minor number before put device
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mc: Clear minor number before put device The device minor should not be cleared after the device is released.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
Linux Linux Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < dd156f44ea82cc249f46c519eed3b2f8983c8002 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 64dbc6f50ce92b7da203b1bcdd96a370bbc9b74d (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 5d327391f9fafeb0938be4fc538dd0bd54a0b2ef (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 8f52c7f38f0f2ee2afc331e6b873acba5e9490a8 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 7bd4e5367d0940ccec4d7546bb6bd019ab2c71aa (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 7db47e737128b3585ae679b709b85f3f44cd8750 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < ac01416d477c2dc6016782635ae022f8cc634a29 (git)
Affected: 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 , < 8cfc8cec1b4da88a47c243a11f384baefd092a50 (git)
Affected: 0 , < 5.4.301 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 5.10.246 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 5.15.195 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.1.157 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.6.113 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.12.54 (semver)
Affected: 0 , < 6.17.4 (semver)
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Linux Linux Unaffected: 5.4.301 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.246 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.195 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.157 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.113 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.54 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.17.4 , ≤ 6.17.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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