CVE-2025-40281Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHOSV
OSV3.2
No vector
EPSS
0.1%
top 79.04%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedDec 6
Latest updateApr 13

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto syzbot reported a possible shift-out-of-bounds [1] Blamed commit added rto_alpha_max and rto_beta_max set to 1000. It is unclear if some sctp users are setting very large rto_alpha and/or rto_beta. In order to prevent user regression, perform the test at run time. Also add READ_ONCE() annotations as sysctl values can change under us. [1] UBSAN: shift

Affected Packages7 packages

Linuxlinux/linux_kernel3.16.05.4.302+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.247-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-173.183+2
CVEListV5linux/linuxb58537a1f5629bdc98a8b9dc2051ce0e952f6b4b0e0413e3315199b23ff4aec295e256034cd0a6e4+8

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CVE-2025-40281 — Incorrect Bitwise Shift of Integer | cvebase