CVE-2025-40173
net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth Similarly to ipv4 tunnel, ipv6 version updates dev->needed_headroom, too. While ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment growth was limited in commit 5ae1e9922bbd ("net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth"), ipv6 tunnel yet increases the headroom without any ceiling. Reflect ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment limit on ipv6 version. Credits to Francesco Ruggeri, who was originally debugging this issue and wrote local Arista-specific patch and a reproducer.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Nov 12, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 11f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a94 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < b6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824b 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 < 21f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f16
Linux / Linux
4.7
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a94 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824b git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/21f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f16