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🛡️ CVE-2025-40257 — kernel

🔴 CVSS 9.8 — Critical ✅ No Known Exploit NVD
9.8
CVSS Score
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Description

mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer()

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

mptcp: fix a race in mptcp_pm_del_add_timer()

mptcp_pm_del_add_timer() can call sk_stop_timer_sync(sk, &entry->add_timer)

while another might have free entry already, as reported by syzbot.

Add RCU protection to fix this issue.

Also change confusing add_timer variable with stop_timer boolean.

syzbot report:

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __timer_delete_sync+0x372/0x3f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1616

Read of size 4 at addr ffff8880311e4150 by task kworker/1:1/44

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 44 Comm: kworker/1:1 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025

Workqueue: events mptcp_worker

Call Trace:

<TASK>

dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120

print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]

print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482

kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595

__timer_delete_sync+0x372/0x3f0 kernel/time/timer.c:1616

sk_stop_timer_sync+0x1b/0x90 net/core/sock.c:3631

mptcp_pm_del_add_timer+0x283/0x310 net/mptcp/pm.c:362

mptcp_incoming_options+0x1357/0x1f60 net/mptcp/options.c:1174

tcp_data_queue+0xca/0x6450 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:5361

tcp_rcv_established+0x1335/0x2670 net/ipv4/tcp_input.c:6441

tcp_v4_do_rcv+0x98b/0xbf0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:1931

tcp_v4_rcv+0x252a/0x2dc0 net/ipv4/tcp_ipv4.c:2374

ip_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x221/0x440 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:205

ip_local_deliver_finish+0x3bb/0x6f0 net/ipv4/ip_input.c:239

NF_HOOK+0x30c/0x3a0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318

NF_HOOK+0x30c/0x3a0 include/linux/netfilter.h:318

__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:6079 [inline]

__netif_receive_skb+0x143/0x380 net/core/dev.c:6192

process_backlog+0x31e/0x900 net/core/dev.c:6544

__napi_poll+0xb6/0x540 net/core/dev.c:7594

napi_poll net/core/dev.c:7657 [inline]

net_rx_action+0x5f7/0xda0 net/core/dev.c:7784

handle_softirqs+0x22f/0x710 kernel/softirq.c:622

__do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:656 [inline]

__local_bh_enable_ip+0x1a0/0x2e0 kernel/softirq.c:302

mptcp_pm_send_ack net/mptcp/pm.c:210 [inline]

mptcp_pm_addr_send_ack+0x41f/0x500 net/mptcp/pm.c:-1

mptcp_pm_worker+0x174/0x320 net/mptcp/pm.c:1002

mptcp_worker+0xd5/0x1170 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2762

process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3263 [inline]

process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3346

worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3427

kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463

ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158

ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

</TASK>

Allocated by task 44:

kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:56 [inline]

kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:77

poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:400 [inline]

__kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:417

kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:262 [inline]

__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1ef/0x6c0 mm/slub.c:5748

kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:957 [inline]

mptcp_pm_alloc_anno_list+0x104/0x460 net/mptcp/pm.c:385

mptcp_pm_create_subflow_or_signal_addr+0xf9d/0x1360 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:355

mptcp_pm_nl_fully_established net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:409 [inline]

__mptcp_pm_kernel_worker+0x417/0x1ef0 net/mptcp/pm_kernel.c:1529

mptcp_pm_worker+0x1ee/0x320 net/mptcp/pm.c:1008

mptcp_worker+0xd5/0x1170 net/mptcp/protocol.c:2762

process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3263 [inline]

process_scheduled_works+0xae1/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3346

worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3427

kthread+0x711/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463

ret_from_fork+0x4bc/0x870 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:158

ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245

Freed by task 6630:

kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:56 [inline]

kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:77

__kasan_save_free_info+0x46/0x50 mm/kasan/generic.c:587

kasan_save_free_info mm/kasan/kasan.h:406 [inline]

poison_slab_object m

---truncated---

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached over the network, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

CVE-2025-40257 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • kernel (from 6.13.0 up to 6.17.10)
  • unknown

Timeline and source

Published on 4 December 2025 and last revised on 12 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from NVD.

References

cert-portal.siemens.com (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
git.kernel.org (Web)
github.com (Advisory)
nvd.nist.gov (Advisory)
git.kernel.org (Package)

CVE-2025-40257 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity Critical
CVSS Score 9.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-12-04
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-12
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
kernel 6.13.0 6.17.10
unknown

References

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