THREAT OPS › Threat News › [NVD] CVE-2025-40139 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().
smc_clc_prfx_set() is called during connect() and not under RCU
nor RTNL.
Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF.
Let's use __sk_dst_ge
[NVD] CVE-2025-40139 (HIGH 7.8) — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set(). smc_clc_prfx_set() is called during connect() and not under RCU nor RTNL. Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF. Let's use __sk_dst_ge
CVE-2025-40139 CVSS: 7.8 HIGH Published: 2025-11-12T11:15:43.677
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in in smc_clc_prfx_set().
smc_clc_prfx_set() is called during connect() and not under RCU nor RTNL.
Using sk_dst_get(sk)->dev could trigger UAF.
Let's use __sk_dst_get() and dev_dst_rcu() under rcu_read_lock() after kern
Indicators of compromise
- CVE-2025-40139cve
Original source: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40139