{
  "threat_severity" : "Moderate",
  "public_date" : "2025-11-12T00:00:00Z",
  "bugzilla" : {
    "description" : "kernel: net: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps()",
    "id" : "2414506",
    "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2414506"
  },
  "cvss3" : {
    "cvss3_base_score" : "7.4",
    "cvss3_scoring_vector" : "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
    "status" : "verified"
  },
  "cwe" : "CWE-416",
  "details" : [ "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nnet: use dst_dev_rcu() in sk_setup_caps()\nUse RCU to protect accesses to dst->dev from sk_setup_caps()\nand sk_dst_gso_max_size().\nAlso use dst_dev_rcu() in ip6_dst_mtu_maybe_forward(),\nand ip_dst_mtu_maybe_forward().\nip4_dst_hoplimit() can use dst_dev_net_rcu()." ],
  "statement" : "Several paths read dst->dev without RCU. A concurrent dst/device teardown could cause a use-after-free—fixed by switching to dst_dev_rcu() and wrapping sections in rcu_read_lock(), mitigating a local DoS/LPE risk.\nA local user floods route changes (device up/down, MTU/GSO tweaks, dst churn) while rapidly creating sockets, racing sk_setup_caps() to read dev after free that leads to kernel crash.",
  "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" : "Out of support scope",
    "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-2025-40170\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40170\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025111259-CVE-2025-40170-d39d@gregkh/T" ],
  "name" : "CVE-2025-40170",
  "csaw" : false
}