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CVE-2025-40279
published 2025-12-06

CVE-2025-40279: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak In…

PriorityP419high7.8
EPSS
0.19%
9.2th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak In tcf_connmark_dump(), the variable 'opt' was partially initialized using a designatied initializer. While the padding bytes are reamined uninitialized. nla_put() copies the entire structure into a netlink message, these uninitialized bytes leaked to userspace. Initialize the structure with memset before assigning its fields to ensure all members and padding are cleared prior to beign copied.

Affected

25 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.159-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 22a5dc0e5e3e8fef804230cd73ed7b0afd4c7bae < 218b67c8c8246d47a2a7910eae80abe4861fe2b7218b67c8c8246d47a2a7910eae80abe4861fe2b7
linuxlinux>= 22a5dc0e5e3e8fef804230cd73ed7b0afd4c7bae < 73cc56c608c209d3d666cc571293b090a471da7073cc56c608c209d3d666cc571293b090a471da70
linuxlinux>= 22a5dc0e5e3e8fef804230cd73ed7b0afd4c7bae < 31e4aa93e2e5b5647fc235b0f6ee329646878f9e31e4aa93e2e5b5647fc235b0f6ee329646878f9e
linuxlinux>= 22a5dc0e5e3e8fef804230cd73ed7b0afd4c7bae < 51cb05d4fd632596816ba44e882e84db9fb28a7e51cb05d4fd632596816ba44e882e84db9fb28a7e
linuxlinux>= 22a5dc0e5e3e8fef804230cd73ed7b0afd4c7bae < 25837889ec062f2b7618142cd80253dff3da534325837889ec062f2b7618142cd80253dff3da5343
linuxlinux>= 22a5dc0e5e3e8fef804230cd73ed7b0afd4c7bae < 62b656e43eaeae445a39cd8021a4f47065af438962b656e43eaeae445a39cd8021a4f47065af4389
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.159-16.1.159-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.63-16.12.63-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.9-16.17.9-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 5.15.0-173.1835.15.0-173.183
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>= 4.0.0 < 5.15.1975.15.197
linuxlinux_kernel>= 5.16.0 < 6.1.1596.1.159
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.96.17.9
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1176.6.117
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.596.12.59
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.112.1-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-azure-5.15
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

osv7.8HIGH
vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
vendor_redhat6.1MEDIUM
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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