CVE-2025-40170

high

Description

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().

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a805729c0091073d8f0415cfa96c7acd1bc17a48

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99a2ace61b211b0be861b07fbaa062fca4b58879

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d1be493d1110c9e720b4c51a6e587bb2fb4ac12

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-11-12

Updated: 2026-01-08

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

Severity: High