CVE-2025-40255

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:net: core: prevent null deref in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower()The ethtool tsconfig Netlink path can trigger a null pointerdereference. A call chain such as: tsconfig_prepare_data() -> dev_get_hwtstamp_phylib() -> vlan_hwtstamp_get() -> generic_hwtstamp_get_lower() -> generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower()results in generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() being called withkernel_cfg->ifr as null.The generic_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower() function does not expecta null ifr and dereferences it, leading to a system crash.Fix this by adding a null check for kernel_cfg->ifr ingeneric_hwtstamp_ioctl_lower(). If ifr is null, return -EINVAL.

Risk Information

Base Score

5.5

MODERATE

Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS Score

Exploitation Probability

0.027

Associated Vulnerability

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Patch Details

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References

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-1234
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2023-1234