PT-2025-44121 · Linux+3 · Linux Kernel+3
CVE-2025-40053
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Published
2025-09-29
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Updated
2026-08-30
CVSS v3.1
7.5
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Linux kernel (affected versions not specified)
Description
The driver did not handle allocation failures of
netdev alloc skb ip align(). A failure in allocation could lead to a NULL pointer dereference when attempting to access skb->protocol. The patch addresses this by attempting to allocate skb and falling back to the normal path if the allocation fails.Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
Exploit
NULL Pointer Dereference
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Debian
Linuxmint
Linux Kernel
Ubuntu