🛡️ CVE-2025-40208 on Debian — linux

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
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CVSS Score
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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: iris: fix module removal if firmware download failed Fix remove if firmware failed to load: qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: Direct firmware load for qcom/vpu/vpu33_p4.mbn failed with error -2 qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: firmware download failed qcom-iris aa00000.video-codec: core init failed then: $ echo aa00000.video-codec > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/qcom-iris/unbind Triggers: genpd genpd:1:aa00000.video-codec: Runtime PM usage count underflow! ------------[ cut here ]------------ video_cc_mvs0_clk already disabled WARNING: drivers/clk/clk.c:1206 at clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac, CPU#1: sh/542 <snip> pc : clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac lr : clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac <snip> Call trace: clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac (P) clk_disable+0x30/0x4c iris_disable_unprepare_clock+0x20/0x48 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu_power_off_hw+0x48/0x58 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu33_power_off_hardware+0x44/0x230 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu_power_off+0x34/0x84 [qcom_iris] iris_core_deinit+0x44/0xc8 [qcom_iris] iris_remove+0x20/0x48 [qcom_iris] platform_remove+0x20/0x30 device_remove+0x4c/0x80 <snip> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- ------------[ cut here ]------------ video_cc_mvs0_clk already unprepared WARNING: drivers/clk/clk.c:1065 at clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110, CPU#2: sh/542 <snip> pc : clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110 lr : clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110 <snip> Call trace: clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110 (P) clk_unprepare+0x2c/0x44 iris_disable_unprepare_clock+0x28/0x48 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu_power_off_hw+0x48/0x58 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu33_power_off_hardware+0x44/0x230 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu_power_off+0x34/0x84 [qcom_iris] iris_core_deinit+0x44/0xc8 [qcom_iris] iris_remove+0x20/0x48 [qcom_iris] platform_remove+0x20/0x30 device_remove+0x4c/0x80 <snip> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- genpd genpd:0:aa00000.video-codec: Runtime PM usage count underflow! ------------[ cut here ]------------ gcc_video_axi0_clk already disabled WARNING: drivers/clk/clk.c:1206 at clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac, CPU#4: sh/542 <snip> pc : clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac lr : clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac <snip> Call trace: clk_core_disable+0xa4/0xac (P) clk_disable+0x30/0x4c iris_disable_unprepare_clock+0x20/0x48 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu33_power_off_controller+0x17c/0x428 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu_power_off+0x48/0x84 [qcom_iris] iris_core_deinit+0x44/0xc8 [qcom_iris] iris_remove+0x20/0x48 [qcom_iris] platform_remove+0x20/0x30 device_remove+0x4c/0x80 <snip> ------------[ cut here ]------------ gcc_video_axi0_clk already unprepared WARNING: drivers/clk/clk.c:1065 at clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110, CPU#4: sh/542 <snip> pc : clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110 lr : clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110 <snip> Call trace: clk_core_unprepare+0xf0/0x110 (P) clk_unprepare+0x2c/0x44 iris_disable_unprepare_clock+0x28/0x48 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu33_power_off_controller+0x17c/0x428 [qcom_iris] iris_vpu_power_off+0x48/0x84 [qcom_iris] iris_core_deinit+0x44/0xc8 [qcom_iris] iris_remove+0x20/0x48 [qcom_iris] platform_remove+0x20/0x30 device_remove+0x4c/0x80 <snip> ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- Skip deinit if initialization never succeeded.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-40208 as tracked by Debian, for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.17.6-1; earlier versions remain affected.

Affected software

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40208 is recorded against 1 package.

  • linux (fixed in 6.17.6-1)

Timeline and source

Published on 12 November 2025 and last revised on 4 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

security-tracker.debian.org (Advisory)

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Details

Severity Unknown
CVSS Score N/A
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2025-11-12
Updated 2026-08-11
Modified 2026-08-04
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux 6.17.6-1

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