CVE-2025-40175
kernel: idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows
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UnknownRed Hat Product Security
CVSS
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Published · November 12, 2025
Updated · June 30, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows
When the driver requests Tx timestamp value, one of the first steps is to clone SKB using skb_get. It increases the reference counter for that SKB to prevent unexpected freeing by another component. However, there may be a case where the index is requested, SKB is assigned and never consumed by PTP flows - for example due to reset during running PTP apps.
Add a check in release timestamping function to verify if the SKB assigned to Tx timestamp latch was freed, and release remaining SKBs.
Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CWE not specified