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CVE-2025-40248

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CVE-2025-40248

Published: Dec 4, 2025

Modified: Jun 2, 2026

PUBLISHED

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Ignore signal/timeout on connect() if already established During connect(), acting on a signal/timeout by disconnecting an already established socket leads to several issues: 1. connect() invoking vsock_transport_cancel_pkt() -> virtio_transport_purge_skbs() may race with sendmsg() invoking virtio_transport_get_credit(). This results in a permanently elevated `vvs->bytes_unsent`. Which, in turn, confuses the SOCK_LINGER handling. 2. connect() resetting a connected socket's state may race with socket being placed in a sockmap. A disconnected socket remaining in a sockmap breaks sockmap's assumptions. And gives rise to WARNs. 3. connect() transitioning SS_CONNECTED -> SS_UNCONNECTED allows for a transport change/drop after TCP_ESTABLISHED. Which poses a problem for any simultaneous sendmsg() or connect() and may result in a use-after-free/null-ptr-deref. Do not disconnect socket on signal/timeout. Keep the logic for unconnected sockets: they don't linger, can't be placed in a sockmap, are rejected by sendmsg(). [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/ [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/ [3]: https://lore.kernel.org/netdev/[email protected]/

VendorProductVersions

Linux

Linux

affected
d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 - < 3f71753935d648082a8279a97d30efe6b85be680
affected
d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 - < da664101fb4a0de5cb70d2bae6a650df954df2af
affected
d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 - < 67432915145848658149683101104e32f9fd6559
affected
d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 - < eeca93f06df89be5a36305b7b9dae1ed65550dfc
affected
d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 - < 5998da5a8208ae9ad7838ba322bccb2bdcd95e81

+3 more versions

Linux

Linux

affected
3.9
unaffected
0 - < 3.9
unaffected
5.4.302 - <= 5.4.*
unaffected
5.10.247 - <= 5.10.*
unaffected
5.15.197 - <= 5.15.*

+5 more versions

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