Vulnerability details

CVE-2025-40169

Linux Linux

bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops

CVSS 3.1
7.8High

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops When verifying BPF programs, the check_alu_op() function validates instructions with ALU operations. The 'offset' field in these instructions is a signed 16-bit integer. The existing check 'insn->off > 1' was intended to ensure the offset is either 0, or 1 for BPF_MOD/BPF_DIV. However, because 'insn->off' is signed, this check incorrectly accepts all negative values (e.g., -1). This commit tightens the validation by changing the condition to '(insn->off != 0 && insn->off != 1)'. This ensures that any value other than the explicitly permitted 0 and 1 is rejected, hardening the verifier against malformed BPF programs.

CVSS scores

ScoreVersionSourceVector
7.8High 3.1 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA) (Linux) CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

VendorProductVersionsSource
Linux Linux 6.6 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 ≤ v < 3bce44b344040e5eef3d64d38b157c15304c0aab CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 ≤ v < 5017c302ca4b2a45149ad64e058fa2d5623c068f CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 ≤ v < 21167bf70dbe400563e189ac632258d35eda38b5 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)
Linux Linux ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 ≤ v < 55c0ced59fe17dee34e9dfd5f7be63cbab207758 CVEProject cvelistV5 (CNA)

References and advisories

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Details

Published
2025-11-12
Last updated
2026-10-16
State
Published
Assigner (CNA)
Linux

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.15%
Probability of exploitation in 30 days
4.5%
Percentile (among all CVEs)

SSVC assessment (CISA)

Automatable
No
Exploitation
None
Technical impact
Total

Weaknesses (CWE)

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