{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40168 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-40168 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40168 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40168 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 12 Nov 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40168 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40168/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40168/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40168","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40168/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40168","record":{"aliases":["AZL-70013","BELL-CVE-2025-40168","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40168","GHSA-9cp7-m95w-q87h","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-40168","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-40168","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-40168","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-40168","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-40168","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40168"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SMC protocol allows attackers to potentially execute code or cause a denial of service.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":8.1,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsmc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().\n\nsmc_clc_prfx_match() is called from smc_listen_work() and\nnot under RCU nor RTNL.\n\nUsing sk_dst_get(sk)-\u003edev could trigger UAF.\n\nLet's use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu().\n\nNote that the returned value of smc_clc_prfx_match() is not\nused in the caller.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"smc: Use __sk_dst_get() and dst_dev_rcu() in smc_clc_prfx_match().","id":"CVE-2025-40168","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":5,"next":{"headline":"bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops","id":"CVE-2025-40169"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"ext4: detect invalid INLINE_DATA + EXTENTS flag combination","id":"CVE-2025-40167"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-11-12","related":[],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":"no","exploitation":"none","technical_impact":"partial"},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-09-02","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's SMC protocol allows attackers to potentially execute code or cause a denial of service.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40168/"}