PT-2025-46645 · Linux+4 · Linux Kernel+4

Published

2025-11-12

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Updated

2026-05-26

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CVE-2025-40170

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

VectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description The Linux kernel contained a flaw where accesses to dst->dev were not protected using Read-Copy-Update (RCU). This issue was addressed by utilizing RCU in functions such as sk setup caps(), sk dst gso max size(), ip6 dst mtu maybe forward(), ip dst mtu maybe forward(), and ip4 dst hoplimit(). The fix ensures thread safety when accessing the device associated with a destination.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

RCE

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

ALSA-2026:1690
ALSA-2026:2212
ALSA-2026:2264
ALSA-2026:2378
AZL-70022
BDU:2026-05106
CVE-2025-40170
ECHO-2A73-0CF4-B152
OPENSUSE-SU-2026:20145-1
RHSA-2026:1690
RHSA-2026:2212
RHSA-2026:2264
RHSA-2026:2378
SUSE-SU-2026:0278-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0281-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0293-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0315-1
SUSE-SU-2026:0316-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20207-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20220-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20228-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20477-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20498-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20845-1
SUSE-SU-2026:20876-1
USN-8029-1
USN-8029-2
USN-8029-3
USN-8030-1
USN-8048-1

Affected Products

Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Rocky Linux
Ubuntu