---
id: CVE-2025-68309
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info

  The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx
  will result in kernel panic
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info

  The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx
  will result in kernel panic. Fix it.
severity: none
published: '2025-12-16'
updated: '2026-10-14'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-14T16:10:00.250'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-68309'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a27bdb14b028fed30a10cec2f945c38cb5ca4fa'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6618243bcc3f60825f761a41ed65fef9fe97eb25'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
tags:
  - nvd
epss: 0.00172
epssPercentile: 0.06108
ingestedAt: '2026-10-14T16:40:32.054Z'
---

## Overview

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

PCI/AER: Fix NULL pointer access by aer_info

The kzalloc(GFP_KERNEL) may return NULL, so all accesses to aer_info->xxx
will result in kernel panic. Fix it.

## Remediation

Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.