#VU117847 Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40099
Published: October 31, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU117847
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40099
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the parse_dfs_referrals() function in fs/smb/client/misc.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/15c73964da9df994302f579ed14ee5fdbce7a332
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6447b0e355562a1ff748c4a2ffb89aae7e84d2c9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8bc4a8d39bac23d8b044fd3e2dbfd965f1d9b058
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb0f2e66e1ac043a5b238f5bcab4f26f3c317039
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfacc7441f760e4a73cc71b6ff1635261d534657