CVE-2025-40135

CVE-2025-40135

High · published November 12, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.1
EPSS
1%
Percentile
52.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.1 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00691 · 52.3th percentile
Published
2025-11-12T16:15Z
References (9)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9085e56501d93af9f2d7bd16f7fcfacdde47b99c · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd0905e2122e3680968cd0741966983490bf2ed3 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0a54d00d2f36de40266f47c27989853e8588656 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f69fec6287565fdeb61f65e700a1184352306943 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7f9e924f23684b4b23cd9f976cceab24a968e34 · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-457936.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5ehttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html · 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 12 NOV 10:23Z
    ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()
    cvelistv5