CVE-2025-40215

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Si una referencia a ese estado de usuario a\u00fan existe, el estado de respaldo permanecer\u00e1 en las tablas hash/listas, lo que activar\u00e1 la ADVERTENCIA en xfrm_state_fini. Debido a esas referencias restantes, la correcci\u00f3n en el commit f75a2804da39 (\u201cxfrm: destruir xfrm_state sincr\u00f3nicamente en la ruta de salida de red\u201d) no est\u00e1 completa.\n\nRecientemente corregimos una situaci\u00f3n similar en TCP debido a la liberaci\u00f3n diferida de skbs (commit 9b6412e6979f (\u201ctcp: eliminar secpath al mismo tiempo que actualmente eliminamos dst\u201d)). Esto tambi\u00e9n puede ocurrir debido al reensamblaje de IP: los skbs con un secpath permanecen en la cola de reensamblaje hasta la destrucci\u00f3n de netns. Si no podemos garantizar que las colas se vac\u00eden para cuando se ejecute xfrm_state_fini, a\u00fan puede haber referencias a un xfrm_state (de usuario), impidiendo la eliminaci\u00f3n oportuna del estado de respaldo correspondiente.\n\nEn lugar de perseguir cada instancia de skbs que contiene un secpath una por una, este parche corrige el problema directamente dentro de xfrm, al eliminar el estado de respaldo tan pronto como el \u00faltimo estado de usuario que depend\u00eda de \u00e9l haya sido eliminado. La destrucci\u00f3n seguir\u00e1 ocurriendo cuando se elimine la referencia final.\n\nSe requiere una clase lockdep separada para el estado de respaldo ya que vamos a bloquear x->tunnel mientras x est\u00e1 bloqueado."}], "id": "CVE-2025-40215", "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:10:00.160", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 7.8, "baseSeverity": "HIGH", "confidentialityImpact": "HIGH", "integrityImpact": "HIGH", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 5.9, "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "type": "Secondary"}], "ssvcV203": [{"source": "134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0", "ssvcData": {"id": "CVE-2025-40215", "options": [{"exploitation": "none"}, {"automatable": "no"}, {"technicalImpact": "partial"}], "role": "CISA Coordinator", "timestamp": "2026-06-16T19:56:10.578142Z", "version": "2.0.3"}}]}, "published": "2025-12-04T13:15:48.473", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0da961fa46da1b37ef868d9b603bd202136f8f8e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1b28a7fae0128fa140a7dccd995182ff6cd1c67b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4b2c17d0f9be8b58bb30468bc81a4b61c985b04e"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b441cf3f8c4b8576639d20c8eb4aa32917602ecd"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0e0d1097118461463b76562c7ebaabaa5b90b13"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dc3636912d41770466543623cb76e7b88fdb42c7"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Deferred"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: xfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x", "id": "2418789", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2418789"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "7.0", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\nxfrm: delete x->tunnel as we delete x\nThe ipcomp fallback tunnels currently get deleted (from the various\nlists and hashtables) as the last user state that needed that fallback\nis destroyed (not deleted). If a reference to that user state still\nexists, the fallback state will remain on the hashtables/lists,\ntriggering the WARN in xfrm_state_fini. Because of those remaining\nreferences, the fix in commit f75a2804da39 (\"xfrm: destroy xfrm_state\nsynchronously on net exit path\") is not complete.\nWe recently fixed one such situation in TCP due to defered freeing of\nskbs (commit 9b6412e6979f (\"tcp: drop secpath at the same time as we\ncurrently drop dst\")). This can also happen due to IP reassembly: skbs\nwith a secpath remain on the reassembly queue until netns\ndestruction. If we can't guarantee that the queues are flushed by the\ntime xfrm_state_fini runs, there may still be references to a (user)\nxfrm_state, preventing the timely deletion of the corresponding\nfallback state.\nInstead of chasing each instance of skbs holding a secpath one by one,\nthis patch fixes the issue directly within xfrm, by deleting the\nfallback state as soon as the last user state depending on it has been\ndeleted. Destruction will still happen when the final reference is\ndropped.\nA separate lockdep class for the fallback state is required since\nwe're going to lock x->tunnel while x is locked."], "name": "CVE-2025-40215", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Out of support scope", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-12-04T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40215\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40215\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025120438-CVE-2025-40215-0256@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}

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