CVE-2025-40170

ADVISORY - nist

Summary

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().

EPSS Score⁠: 0.0017 (0.067)

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

ADVISORY - nist

CWE-noinfo⁠

ADVISORY - redhat

CWE-416⁠

Use After Free

Impacted images

Advisories

NIST

CREATED

8 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-40170⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-noinfo⁠

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Debian

CREATED

8 months ago

UPDATED

2 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-40170⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

RATING UNAVAILABLE FROM ADVISORY

Ubuntu

CREATED

8 months ago

UPDATED

28 days ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-40170⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Alma

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2026:2212⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Alma

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2026:2264⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Alma

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDALSA-2026:2378⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Amazon

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDALAS2023-2026-1423⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Red Hat

CREATED

8 months ago

UPDATED

6 months ago

ADVISORY IDCVE-2025-40170⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

1.4

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)

CWE-416⁠

CVSS SCORE

7.4medium

Rocky

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2026:1690⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Rocky

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

4 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2026:2212⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Rocky

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDRLSA-2026:2264⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Alow

Oracle

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2026-1690⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Oracle

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2026-2212⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Amedium

Oracle

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2026-2264⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh

Oracle

CREATED

5 months ago

UPDATED

5 months ago

ADVISORY IDELSA-2026-50112⁠

EXPLOITABILITY SCORE

EXPLOITS FOUND

COMMON WEAKNESS ENUMERATION (CWE)-

CVSS SCORE

N/Ahigh