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CVE-2025-40170

net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps()

Published
Last modified
published
Not listed in CISA KEV
Fix
Fixed in 6.6.160, 6.12.64, 6.17.3
None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
  • Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: yes
  • Technical impact: partial

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps() Use RCU to protect accesses to dst->dev from sk_setup_caps() and sk_dst_gso_max_size(). Also use dst_dev_rcu() in ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(), and ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(). ip4_dst_hoplimit() can use dst_dev_net_rcu().

Timeline

  1. CVE published
  2. CISA SSVC assessment

    Exploitation: none · Automatable: yes · Technical impact: partial

  3. Record last updated

Affected versions

  • Linux Linux

    From 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 · fixed in 9f22b5f7f1a32f8bbcc82bf34e34ea63523fcd02; From 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 · fixed in 5d1be493d1110c9e720b4c51a6e587bb2fb4ac12; From 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 · fixed in a805729c0091073d8f0415cfa96c7acd1bc17a48; From 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 · fixed in 99a2ace61b211b0be861b07fbaa062fca4b58879

  • Linux Linux

    4.13

  • KernelLinux

    From 4.13.0 · fixed in 6.6.160; From 6.7.0 · fixed in 6.12.64; From 6.13.0 · fixed in 6.17.3

References 4

git.kernel.org