CVE-2025-40175

Summary

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.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux4901e83a94ef0a8baf27916f31daf59b0a68547f < 2c84e91ef831d4fedb0b94670b3cfd1cc5f966a5affected
LinuxLinux4901e83a94ef0a8baf27916f31daf59b0a68547f < a3f8c0a273120fd2638f03403e786c3de2382e72affected
LinuxLinux6.16affected
LinuxLinux0 < 6.16unaffected
LinuxLinux6.17.5 <= 6.17.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.18 <= *unaffected

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