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High severity8.1NVD Advisory· Published Nov 12, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2025-40135

CVE-2025-40135

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ipv6: use RCU in ip6_xmit()

Use RCU in ip6_xmit() in order to use dst_dev_rcu() to prevent possible UAF.

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