Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40216

Vulnerability identifier: #VU119202

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40216

CWE-ID: CWE-399

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the io_uring/rsrc.h. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
SUSE Real Time Module
Basesystem Module
Development Tools Module
Legacy Module
Public Cloud Module
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_18-debugsource
cluster-md-kmp-rt
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-source-rt
kernel-devel-rt
kernel-rt
dlm-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-syms-rt
kernel-rt-debugsource
kernel-rt-devel
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-rt
gfs2-kmp-rt
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo
kernel-rt-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-64kb
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-obs-build
kernel-syms
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
kernel-source
kernel-azure
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo
kernel-azure-debugsource
kernel-azure-debuginfo
kernel-azure-devel
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-default
kernel-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-macros
kernel-devel
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-docs

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_17-debugsource - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_7_62-rt-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.1.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150700_53_66-default - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_18-debugsource - update to 1-150700.15.3.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-source-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-devel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-syms-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
cluster-md-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
ocfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
gfs2-kmp-rt - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
dlm-kmp-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-rt-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.7.62.1
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-livepatch - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-azure-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.1.150700.17.39.1
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150700.53.66.2

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3c6d61577dbb23c09df3e21f6f9eda1ecd634b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50998b0ae7d9d552e96d8b7239981cf05f65eff5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16769241594be59387b56ab525e327f54377e60

• Resource management error in Linux kernel io_uring
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel
• SUSE update for the Linux Kernel