CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40135

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.54%

42th percentile - higher than 42% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the ip6_xmit() function lacked RCU protection, leading to a potential use-after-free (UAF) vulnerability. The fix introduces RCU to safely access the network device structure.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to access freed memory, potentially causing system crashes or privilege escalation.

Recommendation

Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the fix (commit adding RCU to ip6_xmit()).

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit() Use RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent possible UAF.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS