CVE-2025-40099 Affecting kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS9-KERNEL64KDEBUGMODULESPARTNER-13788698
  • published31 Oct 2025
  • disclosed30 Oct 2025

Introduced: 30 Oct 2025

NewCVE-2025-40099  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:9 kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner package and not the kernel-64k-debug-modules-partner package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

cifs: parse_dfs_referrals: prevent oob on malformed input

Malicious SMB server can send invalid reply to FSCTL_DFS_GET_REFERRALS

  • reply smaller than sizeof(struct get_dfs_referral_rsp)
  • reply with number of referrals smaller than NumberOfReferrals in the header

Processing of such replies will cause oob.

Return -EINVAL error on such replies to prevent oob-s.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1