Bug 2414521 (CVE-2025-40135) - CVE-2025-40135 kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()
Summary: CVE-2025-40135 kernel: ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-40135
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Product Security DevOps Team
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Reported: 2025-11-12 11:05 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2026-04-24 15:58 UTC (History)
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:1690 0 None None None 2026-02-02 09:50:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:2212 0 None None None 2026-02-09 02:13:18 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:2264 0 None None None 2026-02-09 04:38:20 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2026:2378 0 None None None 2026-02-10 02:00:16 UTC

Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-11-12 11:05:21 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()

Use RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent
possible UAF.
Comment 1 Alexander B 2025-11-13 12:48:29 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025111255-CVE-2025-40135-67ca@gregkh/T
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-02 09:50:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10

Via RHSA-2026:1690 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:1690
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-09 02:13:17 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9

Via RHSA-2026:2212 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2212
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-09 04:38:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:2264 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2264
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2026-02-10 02:00:15 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2026:2378 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:2378
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