CVE-2025-40135

high

Description

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.

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7f9e924f23684b4b23cd9f976cceab24a968e34

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9085e56501d93af9f2d7bd16f7fcfacdde47b99c

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-11-12

Updated: 2025-11-12

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H