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CVE-2025-40187: net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce()

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 30/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.63% (FIRST EPSS); higher than 50.8% of all records.
  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it. No account or password is required. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • According to CISA the attack is automatable: targets can be found by mass scanning.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 025419f4e216a3ae0d0cec622262e98e8078c447, 1014b83778c8677f1d7a57c26dc728baa801ac62, 2f3119686ef50319490ccaec81a575973da98815; azl3 kernel 6.6.112.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.117.1-1.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 025419f4e216a3ae0d0cec622262e98e8078c447, 1014b83778c8677f1d7a57c26dc728baa801ac62, 2f3119686ef50319490ccaec81a575973da98815; azl3 kernel 6.6.112.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.0 6.6.117.1-1 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/sctp: fix a null dereference in sctp_disposition sctp_sf_do_5_1D_ce() If new_asoc->peer.adaptation_ind=0 and sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey=0 and sctp_ulpevent_make_authkey() returns 0, then the variable ai_ev remains zero and the zero will be dereferenced in the sctp_ulpevent_free() function.

HighCVSS 7.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Nov 12, 2025
Updated
Oct 19, 2026
EPSS
0.6% · 50th percentile
CWE
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Action score

30

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
30 / 40 · 7.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.6%

CISA SSVC decision

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial

Vulnrichment: CISA's decision-tree inputs.

CNA vs NVD score

NVD
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CNA · Linux
7.5
NVD has not scored this yet; the score shown is the CNA’s.

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Affected systems

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Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 4.17affected
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before 1014b83778c8677f1d7a57c26dc728baa801ac62affected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before 7f702f85df0266ed7b5bab81ba50394c92f3c928affected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before dbceedc0213e75bf3e9f9f9e2f66b10699d004feaffected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before 025419f4e216a3ae0d0cec622262e98e8078c447affected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before c21f45cfa4a9526b34d76b397c9ef080668b6e73affected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before d0e8f1445c19b1786759ba72a38267e1449bab7eaffected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before badbd79313e6591616c1b78e29a9b71efed7f035affected · git
    • 30f6ebf65bc46161c5aaff1db2e6e7c76aa4a06b and later · before 2f3119686ef50319490ccaec81a575973da98815affected · git
    • before 4.17not affected · semver

Package-level exposure

OSV and GitHub Advisory data: ecosystem, package and range. SBOM matching uses this table.

EcosystemPackageAffected rangeFix
Debian:12linuxbefore 6.1.158-16.1.158-1
Debian:13linuxbefore 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
Debian:14linuxbefore 6.17.6-16.17.6-1

Same product

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Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

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    40Plan
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    40Plan

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-40185Nov 12, 2025 · ice: ice_adapter: release xa entry on adapter allocation failure
    0Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-40186Nov 12, 2025 · tcp: Don't call reqsk_fastopen_remove() in tcp_conn_request().
    32Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-40188Nov 12, 2025 · pwm: berlin: Fix wrong register in suspend/resume
    0Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux025419f4e216a3ae0d0cec622262e98e8078c447Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux1014b83778c8677f1d7a57c26dc728baa801ac62Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux2f3119686ef50319490ccaec81a575973da98815Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux7f702f85df0266ed7b5bab81ba50394c92f3c928Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxbadbd79313e6591616c1b78e29a9b71efed7f035Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxc21f45cfa4a9526b34d76b397c9ef080668b6e73Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxd0e8f1445c19b1786759ba72a38267e1449bab7eVendor (CNA)
Linux Linuxdbceedc0213e75bf3e9f9f9e2f66b10699d004feVendor (CNA)
azl3 kernel 6.6.112.1-2 on Azure Linux 3.06.6.117.1-1 · CBL-Mariner ReleasesMicrosoft (MSRC)
debian:linux6.1.158-1 · Debian:12Package registry (OSV)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

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No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Anyone who can reach it over the internet can trigger it.
  • No account or password is required.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

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CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-secondary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. SSVC exploitation— → none
  2. Fix✗ → ✓

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References

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