{"answers":{"affected":"","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40280 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-40280 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 6 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-40280 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-40280 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux, published on 6 Dec 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-40280 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-2025-40280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40280/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-40280","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40280/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-40280","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-40280","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40280","GHSA-p7jc-87rf-j283","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-40280","ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-40280","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-40280","ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-40280","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40280"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["code_execution","privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's TIPC module allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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\ntipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self().\n\nsyzbot reported use-after-free of tipc_net(net)-\u003emonitors[]\nin tipc_mon_reinit_self(). [0]\n\nThe array is protected by RTNL, but tipc_mon_reinit_self()\niterates over it without RTNL.\n\ntipc_mon_reinit_self() is called from tipc_net_finalize(),\nwhich is always under RTNL except for tipc_net_finalize_work().\n\nLet's hold RTNL in tipc_net_finalize_work().\n\n[0]:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff88805eae1030 by task kworker/0:7/5989\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5989 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025\nWorkqueue: events tipc_net_finalize_work\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n __kasan_check_byte+0x2a/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:568\n kasan_check_byte include/linux/kasan.h:399 [inline]\n lock_acquire+0x8d/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842\n __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]\n _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162\n rtlock_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1894 [inline]\n rwbase_rtmutex_lock_state kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:160 [inline]\n rwbase_write_lock+0xd3/0x7e0 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244\n rt_write_lock+0x76/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:243\n write_lock_bh include/linux/rwlock_rt.h:99 [inline]\n tipc_mon_reinit_self+0x79/0x430 net/tipc/monitor.c:718\n tipc_net_finalize+0x115/0x190 net/tipc/net.c:140\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319\n worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400\n kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463\n ret_from_fork+0x439/0x7d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 6089:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline]\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:405\n kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1a8/0x320 mm/slub.c:4407\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]\n tipc_mon_create+0xc3/0x4d0 net/tipc/monitor.c:657\n tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:357 [inline]\n __tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0xe16/0x13f0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1047\n __tipc_nl_compat_doit net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:371 [inline]\n tipc_nl_compat_doit+0x3bc/0x5f0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:393\n tipc_nl_compat_handle net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:-1 [inline]\n tipc_nl_compat_recv+0x83c/0xbe0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1321\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x215/0x300 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115\n genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]\n genl_rcv_msg+0x60e/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552\n genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x846/0xa10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346\n netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:729\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x508/0x820 net/socket.c:2614\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x260 net/socket.c:2703\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/\n---truncated---","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":"tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self().","id":"CVE-2025-40280","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":8,"next":{"headline":"sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto","id":"CVE-2025-40281"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"net: sched: act_connmark: initialize struct tc_ife to fix kernel leak","id":"CVE-2025-40279"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-12-06","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":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free vulnerability in the Linux kernel's TIPC module allows local attackers to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-40280/"}