CVE-2025-40236Linux vulnerability

15 documents6 sources
Severity
N/A
No vector
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.68%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 4
Latest updateFeb 24

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: zero unused hash fields When GSO tunnel is negotiated virtio_net_hdr_tnl_from_skb() tries to initialize the tunnel metadata but forget to zero unused rxhash fields. This may leak information to another side. Fixing this by zeroing the unused hash fields.

Affected Packages5 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel6.17.06.17.6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.17.6-1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.17.0-14.14
CVEListV5linux/linuxa2fb4bc4e2a6a031683910d85b278c1d25ae5420b625d231c66a6041e98817ffc944bf6e4c45b2e3+2
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.17.6-1 (forky)

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2026-02-24
OSV
linux-oem-6.17 vulnerabilities2026-02-17
OSV
linux-aws, linux-oracle vulnerabilities2026-02-17
OSV
linux-gcp vulnerabilities2026-02-12
OSV
linux, linux-raspi, linux-realtime vulnerabilities2026-02-12

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2026-02-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities2026-02-12
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2026-02-12
Red Hat
kernel: virtio-net: zero unused hash fields2025-12-04