Expired Pointer Dereference The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package bpftool (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-BPFTOOL-13981034
- published14 Nov 2025
- disclosed12 Nov 2025
Introduced: 12 Nov 2025
CVE-2025-40135 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Centos security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Centos:9.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bpftool package and not the bpftool package as distributed by Centos.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()
Use RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent possible UAF.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40135
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9085e56501d93af9f2d7bd16f7fcfacdde47b99c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f7f9e924f23684b4b23cd9f976cceab24a968e34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bd0905e2122e3680968cd0741966983490bf2ed3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0a54d00d2f36de40266f47c27989853e8588656
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f69fec6287565fdeb61f65e700a1184352306943
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-019113.html
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html