CVE-2025-40170

Aliases:UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40170DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40170
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 35
Deferred
Published: 12 Nov 2025, 10:46
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 12:08

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
31/100
CVSS Score
7.8 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.15% LOW
0% probability +0.12%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

12 Nov 2025, 10:46
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 12:08
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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().

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1HIGHScore: 7.8CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.15% Percentile: 4%

Affected Systems

  • debianlinux

    all | all | < 6.12.69-1 | < 6.17.6-1

  • ubuntulinux

    all | all | all | < 6.17.0-14.14

  • ubuntulinux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws

    all | all | all | < 6.17.0-1007.7

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.15

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.4

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-6.14

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-6.17

    < 6.17.0-1007.7~24.04.1

  • ubuntulinux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-6.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-fips

    all

  • ubuntulinux-aws-hwe

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure

    all | all | all | all | < 6.17.0-1008.8

  • ubuntulinux-azure-4.15

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.15

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.4

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-6.14

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-6.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde

    all | all | all | all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.14

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.17

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fde-6.8

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-fips

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-nvidia

    all

  • ubuntulinux-azure-nvidia-6.14

    all

  • ubuntulinux-bluefield

    all | all

  • ubuntulinux-fips

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp

    all | all | all | all | < 6.17.0-1007.7

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-4.15

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntulinux-gcp-5.15

    all

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References (12)