CVE-2025-40186 — Premature Release of Resource During Expected Lifetime in Linux
Severity
7.0HIGH
No vectorEPSS
0.0%
top 87.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedNov 12
Latest updateFeb 24
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request().
syzbot reported the splat below in tcp_conn_request(). [0]
If a listener is close()d while a TFO socket is being processed in
tcp_conn_request(), inet_csk_reqsk_queue_add() does not set reqsk->sk
and calls inet_child_forget(), which calls tcp_disconnect() for the
TFO socket.
After the cited commit, tcp_disconnect() calls reqsk_fastopen_remove(),
where reqsk_put()…
Affected Packages6 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux7ec092a91ff351dcde89c23e795b73a328274db6 — e359b742eac1eac75cff4e38ee2e8cea492acd9b+9
🔴Vulnerability Details
8📋Vendor Advisories
6Red Hat▶
kernel: Linux kernel: Privilege escalation or Denial of Service via TCP Fast Open vulnerability↗2025-11-12