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Publication date: 2025-11-12

Last updated on: 2025-11-14

Assigner: kernel.org

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce() If new_asoc->peer.adaptation_ind=0 and sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey=0 and sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey() returns 0, then the variable ai_ev remains zero and the zero will be dereferenced in the sctp_ulpevent_free() function.

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Meta Information

Published

2025-11-12

Last Modified

2025-11-14

Generated

2026-07-06

AI Q&A

2025-11-13

EPSS Evaluated

2026-07-05

NVD

CVE-2025-40187

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendor	Product	Version / Range
linux	linux_kernel	*

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Exploitability

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CWE ID	Description
CWE-UNKNOWN

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Executive Summary

This vulnerability is a null pointer dereference in the Linux kernel's SCTP (Stream Control Transmission Protocol) implementation. Specifically, under certain conditions involving the peer adaptation indicator and the return value of the sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey() function, a variable remains zero and is later dereferenced, which can cause a kernel crash or instability.

Impact Analysis

The impact of this vulnerability could be a denial of service due to a kernel crash or instability when the null pointer is dereferenced. This could disrupt network communications or system availability on affected Linux systems using SCTP.

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