Buffer Overflow Affecting torvalds/linux package, versions [2.6.34,5.15.190)[5.16,6.1.149)[6.2,6.6.103)[6.7,6.12.44)[6.13,6.16.4)
Threat Intelligence
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- published10 Oct 2026
- disclosed11 Sept 2025
- creditUnknown
Introduced: 11 Sep 2025
CVE-2025-39773 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade torvalds/linux to version 5.15.190, 6.1.149, 6.6.103, 6.12.44, 6.16.4 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Buffer Overflow in the br_multicast_send_query process due to improper handling of large values for the multicast_query_interval parameter, which can cause a time calculation overflow. An attacker can cause a soft lockup and potentially exhaust system resources by setting the multicast_query_interval or multicast_startup_query_interval to excessively large values, resulting in repeated immediate timer expirations and high CPU usage.
Note: The Linux kernel project assigns a CVE to every bug fix it ships, whether or not the bug has been shown to be exploitable. This advisory was generated from that process and has not been individually assessed for exploitability. See the kernel's CVE process documentation: https://github.com/torvalds/linux/blob/master/Documentation/process/cve.rst