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CVE-2025-40173
published 2025-11-12

CVE-2025-40173: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth Similarly to ipv4 tunnel, ipv6 version…

PriorityP338high7.8CVSS 3.1
AVLACLPRLUINSUCHIHAH
EPSS
0.14%
3.9th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth Similarly to ipv4 tunnel, ipv6 version updates dev->needed_headroom, too. While ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment growth was limited in commit 5ae1e9922bbd ("net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth"), ipv6 tunnel yet increases the headroom without any ceiling. Reflect ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment limit on ipv6 version. Credits to Francesco Ruggeri, who was originally debugging this issue and wrote local Arista-specific patch and a reproducer.

Affected

32 ranges· showing 25
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 11f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a9411f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a94
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < b6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824bb6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824b
linuxlinux>= 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 21f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f1621f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f16
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.10.247-15.10.247-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.158-16.1.158-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.6-16.17.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-170.1805.15.0-170.180
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>= 4.7.0 < 5.4.3015.4.301
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.11.0 < 5.15.1965.15.196
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.1586.1.158
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.5.0 < 5.10.2465.10.246
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.56.17.5
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1146.6.114
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.556.12.55

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.8HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_msrc6.2MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.1MEDIUM
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