CVE-2025-40183Missing Reference to Active Allocated Resource in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV5.5OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 87.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Fix metadata_dst leak __bpf_redirect_neigh_v{4,6} Cilium has a BPF egress gateway feature which forces outgoing K8s Pod traffic to pass through dedicated egress gateways which then SNAT the traffic in order to interact with stable IPs outside the cluster. The traffic is directed to the gateway via vxlan tunnel in collect md mode. A recent BPF change utilized the bpf_redirect_neigh() helper to forward packets after the ar

Affected Packages6 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel5.10.05.10.246+5
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.247-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-170.180+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxb4ab31414970a7a03a5d55d75083f2c101a305923fba965a9aac0fa3cbd8138436a37af9ab466d79+7
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)

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