Vulnerability details
CVE-2025-40169
bpf: Reject negative offsets for ALU ops
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
| Score | Version | Source | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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
4Details
- Published
- 2025-11-12
- Last updated
- 2026-10-16
- State
- Published
- Assigner (CNA)
- Linux
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
SSVC assessment (CISA)
- Automatable
- No
- Exploitation
- None
- Technical impact
- Total
Weaknesses (CWE)
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