PT-2025-23952 · Unknown+4 · Envoy Side-Cars+4
CVE-2025-40217
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Published
2025-06-05
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Updated
2026-08-30
CVSS v3.1
5.2
Medium
| Vector | AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Envoy side-cars (affected versions not specified)
Description
A flaw exists in the Linux kernel related to insufficient validation of extensible ioctls within the pidfs subsystem. This could potentially lead to issues with system stability or security. A critical buffer overflow was reported in Envoy side-cars, requiring immediate patching of Kubernetes clusters across multiple environments.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
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Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Envoy Side-Cars
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu