CVE-2025-39848
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ax25: properly unshare skbs in ax25_kiss_rcv() Bernard Pidoux reported a regression apparently caused by commit c353e8983e0d ("net: introduce per netns packet chains"). skb->dev becomes NULL and we crash in __netif_receive_skb_core(). Before above commit, different kind of bugs or corruptions could happen without a major crash. But the root cause is that ax25_kiss_rcv() can queue/mangle input skb without checking if this skb is shared or not. Many thanks to Bernard Pidoux for his help, diagnosis and tests. We had a similar issue years ago fixed with commit 7aaed57c5c28 ("phonet: properly unshare skbs in phonet_rcv()").
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited from the same network segment without logging in. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.2% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 8.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.2% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Weakness
- CWE-401
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.4.299
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.243
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.192
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.151
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.105
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.46
- Linux Kernel < 6.16.6
- Linux Kernel 2.6.12
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 8.8
- Attack vector
- Adjacent network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
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Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a2984cb803f2d487b7074f9718db2bf3531f69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bd0f67212908243ce88e35bf69fa77155b47b14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42b46684e2c78ee052d8c2ee8d9c2089233c9094
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b079be1b9da49ad88fc304c874d4be7085f7883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d449b7a6c8ee434d10a483feed7c5c50108cf56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8156210d36a43e76372312c87eb5ea3dbb405a85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89064cf534bea4bb28c83fe6bbb26657b19dd5fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c71d674a308d2fbc83efcf88bfc4217a86aa17
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01a2984cb803f2d487b7074f9718db2bf3531f69
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bd0f67212908243ce88e35bf69fa77155b47b14
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42b46684e2c78ee052d8c2ee8d9c2089233c9094
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5b079be1b9da49ad88fc304c874d4be7085f7883
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d449b7a6c8ee434d10a483feed7c5c50108cf56
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8156210d36a43e76372312c87eb5ea3dbb405a85
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89064cf534bea4bb28c83fe6bbb26657b19dd5fe
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1c71d674a308d2fbc83efcf88bfc4217a86aa17
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html