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CVE-2025-40057
published 2025-10-28

CVE-2025-40057: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: Add a upper bound on max_vclocks syzbot reported WARNING in max_vclocks_store. This…

PriorityP419high7.8
EPSS
0.20%
10.0th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: Add a upper bound on max_vclocks syzbot reported WARNING in max_vclocks_store. This occurs when the argument max is too large for kcalloc to handle. Extend the guard to guard against values that are too large for kcalloc

Affected

22 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 73f37068d540eba5f93ba3a0019bf479d35ebd76 < 8dd446056336faa2283d62cefc2f576536845edc8dd446056336faa2283d62cefc2f576536845edc
linuxlinux>= 73f37068d540eba5f93ba3a0019bf479d35ebd76 < 35ce5f163889dbce88eda1df661b357a09bbed8735ce5f163889dbce88eda1df661b357a09bbed87
linuxlinux>= 73f37068d540eba5f93ba3a0019bf479d35ebd76 < e9f35294e18da82162004a2f35976e7031aaf7f9e9f35294e18da82162004a2f35976e7031aaf7f9
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.6-16.17.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.14.0 < 6.12.536.12.53
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.36.17.3
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.104.2-4_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.112.1-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.117.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.119.3-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.119.3-3_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.121.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.126.1-1_on_azure_linux_3.0
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.130.1-3_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
osv3.2LOW
vendor_msrc7.1HIGH
vendor_redhat5.5LOW
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