{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2025-11-12T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()",
    "id" : "2414521",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414521"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.0",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-825",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()\nUse RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent\npossible UAF.", "A use-after-free flaw was found in ip6_autoflowlabel in the Linux kernel's net/ipv6/ip6_output.c code. In this flaw an attacker can cause a denial of service (DoS) attack." ],
  "affected_release" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10",
    "release_date" : "2026-02-02T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:1690",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.1",
    "package" : "kernel-0:6.12.0-124.31.1.el10_1"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2026-02-10T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:2378",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:8::nfv",
    "package" : "kernel-rt-0:4.18.0-553.104.1.rt7.445.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8",
    "release_date" : "2026-02-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:2264",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8",
    "package" : "kernel-0:4.18.0-553.104.1.el8_10"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2026-02-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:2212",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "release_date" : "2026-02-09T00:00:00Z",
    "advisory" : "RHSA-2026:2212",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9",
    "package" : "kernel-0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7"
  } ],
  "package_state" : [ {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7",
    "fix_state" : "Not affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7"
  }, {
    "product_name" : "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9",
    "fix_state" : "Affected",
    "package_name" : "kernel-rt",
    "cpe" : "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9"
  } ],
  "references" : [ "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40135\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40135\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025111255-CVE-2025-40135-67ca@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2025-40135",
  "mitigation" : {
    "value" : "Mitigation for this issue is either not available or the currently available options don't meet the Red Hat Product Security criteria comprising ease of use and deployment, applicability to widespread installation base or stability.",
    "lang" : "en:us"
  },
  "csaw" : false
}