Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-40164)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-40164). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings
Syzbot reported the following warning:
BUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: dhcpcd/2879
caller is usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2879 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4-syzkaller-00098-g615dca38c2ea #0 PREEMPT(voluntary)
Call Trace:
__dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]
dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120
check_preemption_disabled+0xd0/0xe0 lib/smp_processor_id.c:49
usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331
usbnet_resume_rx+0x4b/0x170 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:708
usbnet_change_mtu+0x1be/0x220 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:417
__dev_set_mtu net/core/dev.c:9443 [inline]
netif_set_mtu_ext+0x369/0x5c0 net/core/dev.c:9496
netif_set_mtu+0xb0/0x160 net/core/dev.c:9520
dev_set_mtu+0xae/0x170 net/core/dev_api.c:247
dev_ifsioc+0xa31/0x18d0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572
dev_ioctl+0x223/0x10e0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:821
sock_do_ioctl+0x19d/0x280 net/socket.c:1204
sock_ioctl+0x42f/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311
vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]
__do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]
__se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]
__x64_sys_ioctl+0x190/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x260 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f
For historical and portability reaso…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-40164 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-40164" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-40164 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-40164 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.163-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40164 linux
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40164 linux-azure
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com