CVE-2025-40159Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Linux

Severity
3.2LOWOSV
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xsk: Harden userspace-supplied xdp_desc validation Turned out certain clearly invalid values passed in xdp_desc from userspace can pass xp_{,un}aligned_validate_desc() and then lead to UBs or just invalid frames to be queued for xmit. desc->len close to ``U32_MAX`` with a non-zero pool->tx_metadata_len can cause positive integer overflow and wraparound, the same way low enough desc->addr with a non-zero pool->tx_metadata_len

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.8.06.12.54+1
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.57-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-106.106+1
CVEListV5linux/linux341ac980eab90ac1f6c22ee9f9da83ed9604d8991463cd066f32efd56ddfd3ac4e3524200f362980+3
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
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OSV
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📋Vendor Advisories

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