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  "record": {
    "id": "CVE-2025-40206",
    "sourceURL": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40206",
    "idYear": 2025,
    "status": "PUBLISHED",
    "publishedAt": "2025-11-12T21:56:35.675Z",
    "updatedAt": "2026-10-15T22:02:40.982Z",
    "importedAt": "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z",
    "snapshot": {
      "id": "cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline",
      "at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
      "source": "https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"
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    "facts": {
      "title": "netfilter: nft_objref: validate objref and objrefmap expressions",
      "summary": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: nft_objref: validate objref and objrefmap expressions\n\nReferencing a synproxy stateful object from OUTPUT hook causes kernel\ncrash due to infinite recursive calls:\n\nBUG: TASK stack guard page was hit at 000000008bda5b8c (stack is 000000003ab1c4a5..00000000494d8b12)\n[...]\nCall Trace:\n __find_rr_leaf+0x99/0x230\n fib6_table_lookup+0x13b/0x2d0\n ip6_pol_route+0xa4/0x400\n fib6_rule_lookup+0x156/0x240\n ip6_route_output_flags+0xc6/0x150\n __nf_ip6_route+0x23/0x50\n synproxy_send_tcp_ipv6+0x106/0x200\n synproxy_send_client_synack_ipv6+0x1aa/0x1f0\n nft_synproxy_do_eval+0x263/0x310\n nft_do_chain+0x5a8/0x5f0 [nf_tables\n nft_do_chain_inet+0x98/0x110\n nf_hook_slow+0x43/0xc0\n __ip6_local_out+0xf0/0x170\n ip6_local_out+0x17/0x70\n synproxy_send_tcp_ipv6+0x1a2/0x200\n synproxy_send_client_synack_ipv6+0x1aa/0x1f0\n[...]\n\nImplement objref and objrefmap expression validate functions.\n\nCurrently, only NFT_OBJECT_SYNPROXY object type requires validation.\nThis will also handle a jump to a chain using a synproxy object from the\nOUTPUT hook.\n\nNow when trying to reference a synproxy object in the OUTPUT hook, nft\nwill produce the following error:\n\nsynproxy_crash.nft: Error: Could not process rule: Operation not supported\n  synproxy name mysynproxy\n  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^",
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          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
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              "version": "5.4",
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            {
              "version": "0",
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              "version": "6.1.184",
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              "version": "6.6.113",
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              "version": "6.12.54",
              "status": "unaffected",
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              "version": "6.17.4",
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              "version": "6.18",
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