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## Source facts (JSON-quoted data)
CNA source text (English)
id: "CVE-2025-40280"
idYear: 2025
status: "PUBLISHED"
publishedAt: "2025-12-06T21:51:04.091Z"
updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:09:10.959Z"
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"}
url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40280"
json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-40280.json"
sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40280"
title: "tipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self()."
summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntipc: Fix use-after-free in tipc_mon_reinit_self().\n\nsyzbot reported use-after-free of tipc_net(net)-\u003emonitors[]\nin tipc_mon_reinit_self(). [0]\n\nThe array is protected by RTNL, but tipc_mon_reinit_self()\niterates over it without RTNL.\n\ntipc_mon_reinit_self() is called from tipc_net_finalize(),\nwhich is always under RTNL except for tipc_net_finalize_work().\n\nLet's hold RTNL in tipc_net_finalize_work().\n\n[0]:\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]\nBUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162\nRead of size 1 at addr ffff88805eae1030 by task kworker/0:7/5989\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5989 Comm: kworker/0:7 Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT_{RT,(full)}\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 08/18/2025\nWorkqueue: events tipc_net_finalize_work\nCall Trace:\n \u003cTASK\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl+0x189/0x250 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n print_address_description mm/kasan/report.c:378 [inline]\n print_report+0xca/0x240 mm/kasan/report.c:482\n kasan_report+0x118/0x150 mm/kasan/report.c:595\n __kasan_check_byte+0x2a/0x40 mm/kasan/common.c:568\n kasan_check_byte include/linux/kasan.h:399 [inline]\n lock_acquire+0x8d/0x360 kernel/locking/lockdep.c:5842\n __raw_spin_lock_irqsave include/linux/spinlock_api_smp.h:110 [inline]\n _raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0xa7/0xf0 kernel/locking/spinlock.c:162\n rtlock_slowlock kernel/locking/rtmutex.c:1894 [inline]\n rwbase_rtmutex_lock_state kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:160 [inline]\n rwbase_write_lock+0xd3/0x7e0 kernel/locking/rwbase_rt.c:244\n rt_write_lock+0x76/0x110 kernel/locking/spinlock_rt.c:243\n write_lock_bh include/linux/rwlock_rt.h:99 [inline]\n tipc_mon_reinit_self+0x79/0x430 net/tipc/monitor.c:718\n tipc_net_finalize+0x115/0x190 net/tipc/net.c:140\n process_one_work kernel/workqueue.c:3236 [inline]\n process_scheduled_works+0xade/0x17b0 kernel/workqueue.c:3319\n worker_thread+0x8a0/0xda0 kernel/workqueue.c:3400\n kthread+0x70e/0x8a0 kernel/kthread.c:463\n ret_from_fork+0x439/0x7d0 arch/x86/kernel/process.c:148\n ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30 arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:245\n \u003c/TASK\u003e\n\nAllocated by task 6089:\n kasan_save_stack mm/kasan/common.c:47 [inline]\n kasan_save_track+0x3e/0x80 mm/kasan/common.c:68\n poison_kmalloc_redzone mm/kasan/common.c:388 [inline]\n __kasan_kmalloc+0x93/0xb0 mm/kasan/common.c:405\n kasan_kmalloc include/linux/kasan.h:260 [inline]\n __kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x1a8/0x320 mm/slub.c:4407\n kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]\n kzalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1039 [inline]\n tipc_mon_create+0xc3/0x4d0 net/tipc/monitor.c:657\n tipc_enable_bearer net/tipc/bearer.c:357 [inline]\n __tipc_nl_bearer_enable+0xe16/0x13f0 net/tipc/bearer.c:1047\n __tipc_nl_compat_doit net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:371 [inline]\n tipc_nl_compat_doit+0x3bc/0x5f0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:393\n tipc_nl_compat_handle net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:-1 [inline]\n tipc_nl_compat_recv+0x83c/0xbe0 net/tipc/netlink_compat.c:1321\n genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x215/0x300 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1115\n genl_family_rcv_msg net/netlink/genetlink.c:1195 [inline]\n genl_rcv_msg+0x60e/0x790 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1210\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x208/0x470 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552\n genl_rcv+0x28/0x40 net/netlink/genetlink.c:1219\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0x846/0xa10 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346\n netlink_sendmsg+0x805/0xb30 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:714 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x21c/0x270 net/socket.c:729\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x508/0x820 net/socket.c:2614\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x21f/0x2a0 net/socket.c:2668\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2700 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2705 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2703 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x1a1/0x260 net/socket.c:2703\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xfa/0x3b0 arch/\n---truncated---"
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