CVE-2025-40175
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
12/11/2025
Last modified:
12/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
idpf: cleanup remaining SKBs in PTP flows<br />
<br />
When the driver requests Tx timestamp value, one of the first steps is<br />
to clone SKB using skb_get. It increases the reference counter for that<br />
SKB to prevent unexpected freeing by another component.<br />
However, there may be a case where the index is requested, SKB is<br />
assigned and never consumed by PTP flows - for example due to reset during<br />
running PTP apps.<br />
<br />
Add a check in release timestamping function to verify if the SKB<br />
assigned to Tx timestamp latch was freed, and release remaining SKBs.



