GHSA-mgqw-v2hw-3wq7 · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent possible shift...
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent possible shift-out-of-bounds in sctp_transport_update_rto syzbot reported a possible shift-out-of-bounds [1] Blamed commit added rto_alpha_max and rto_beta_max set to 1000. It is unclear if some sctp users are setting very large rto_alpha and/or rto_beta. In order to prevent user regression, perform the test at run time. Also add READ_ONCE() annotations as sysctl values can change under us. [1] UBSAN: shift-out-of-bounds in net/sctp/transport.c:509:41 shift exponent 64 is too large for 32-bit type 'unsigned int' CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 16704 Comm: syz.2.2320 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 10/02/2025 Call Trace: <TASK> __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline] dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120 ubsan_epilogue lib/ubsan.c:233 [inline] __ubsan_handle_shift_out_of_bounds+0x27f/0x420 lib/ubsan.c:494 sctp_transport_update_rto.cold+0x1c/0x34b net/sctp/transport.c:509 sctp_check_transmitted+0x11c4/0x1c30 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1502 sctp_outq_sack+0x4ef/0x1b20 net/sctp/outqueue.c:1338 sctp_cmd_process_sack net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:840 [inline] sctp_cmd_interpreter net/sctp/sm_sideeffect.c:1372 [inline]
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40281 is rated Low Risk (19.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
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| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-18 | 0.02% | 0.06% | +0.04% |
| 2 | 2025-12-07 | — | 0.02% | — |
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GHSA-mgqw-v2hw-3wq7 · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: prevent possible shift...
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debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-40281 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40281 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40281 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-40281 severity moderate: SUSE including 22 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 80 product×package rows across 20 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 16.0, … (20 product lines)): Will Not Fix 74, Known Not Affected 6. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40281/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-40281 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 181, released 157, needed 49, not-affected 5, pending 3. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40281 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
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| No affected products in dataset. | |||