CVE-2025-40158
ipv6: use RCU in ip6_output()
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
12 Nov 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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
Linux · Linux