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CVE PROGRAM SOURCE RECORD8.1 High

CVE-2025-40158

ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output()

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output() Use RCU in ip6_output() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent possible UAF. We can remove rcu_read_lock()/rcu_read_unlock() pairs from ip6_finish_output2().

Affected products

Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.

Linux Linux

Default version status: unaffected

  • 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 to < 4549ce1057363c8dc072f40c6aa591c279eafed2affected
  • 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 to < 423895685f367b5a0a956bd14b02df0192bded4caffected
  • 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 to < 92803b826e40e49a5e8a6e208f4b4574e9d19426affected
  • 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 to < 0393f85c3241c19ba8550f04a812e7d19f6b3082affected
  • 4a6ce2b6f2ecabbddcfe47e7cf61dd0f00b10e36 to < 11709573cc4e48dc34c80fc7ab9ce5b159e29695affected

Linux Linux

Default version status: affected

  • 4.13affected
  • 0 to < 4.13unaffected
  • 6.1.191 to ≤ 6.1.*unaffected
  • 6.6.160 to ≤ 6.6.*unaffected
  • 6.12.113 to ≤ 6.12.*unaffected
  • 6.17.3 to ≤ 6.17.*unaffected
  • 6.18 to ≤ *unaffected

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