PT-2025-49437 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
Published
2025-08-19
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Updated
2026-05-07
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CVE-2025-40305
CVSS v2.0
4.4
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to the 9p protocol’s handling of file descriptors. Specifically, the
p9 fd request function may not correctly kick the receive thread when EPOLLIN is signaled. The issue stems from changes made to optimize pipe reading, where a necessary wakeup call was removed. This can lead to a situation where data is not processed correctly when the pipe is full. The p9 read work() function does not set Rworksched and does not schedule work if the request list is empty. The function p9 poll mux() is used instead of only checking for EPOLLOUT.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu