Bug 2414462 (CVE-2025-40175) - CVE-2025-40175 kernel: idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows
Summary: CVE-2025-40175 kernel: idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-40175
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-11-12 11:01 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-11-26 13:37 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-11-12 11:01:16 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows

When the driver requests Tx timestamp value, one of the first steps is
to clone SKB using skb_get. It increases the reference counter for that
SKB to prevent unexpected freeing by another component.
However, there may be a case where the index is requested, SKB is
assigned and never consumed by PTP flows - for example due to reset during
running PTP apps.

Add a check in release timestamping function to verify if the SKB
assigned to Tx timestamp latch was freed, and release remaining SKBs.


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