CVE-2025-40217

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Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pidfs: validate extensible ioctls Validate extensible ioctls stricter than we do now.

Severity

Not scored

CVSS score

Not available

Vulnerability status

Deferred

Source identifier

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Published

2025-12-04 15:15:57.510000

Last modified

2026-10-19 21:10:00.160000

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{
  "id": "CVE-2025-40217",
  "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
  "published": "2025-12-04T15:15:57.510",
  "lastModified": "2026-10-19T21:10:00.160",
  "vulnStatus": "Deferred",
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npidfs: validate extensible ioctls\n\nValidate extensible ioctls stricter than we do now."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "En el kernel de Linux, la siguiente vulnerabilidad ha sido resuelta:\n\npidfs: validar ioctls extensibles\n\nValidar ioctls extensibles de forma más estricta de lo que lo hacemos ahora."
    }
  ],
  "affected": [
    {
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67",
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
          "product": "Linux",
          "defaultStatus": "unaffected",
          "programFiles": [
            "fs/pidfs.c",
            "include/linux/fs.h"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "5b08bd408534bfb3a7cf5778da5b27d4e4fffe12",
              "lessThan": "bf0fbf5e8b0aff8a4a0fb35e32b10083baa83c04",
              "versionType": "git",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
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            }
          ]
        },
        {
          "vendor": "Linux",
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          "programFiles": [
            "fs/pidfs.c",
            "include/linux/fs.h"
          ],
          "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git",
          "versions": [
            {
              "version": "6.11",
              "status": "affected"
            },
            {
              "version": "0",
              "lessThan": "6.11",
              "versionType": "semver",
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            },
            {
              "version": "6.17.4",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "6.17.*",
              "versionType": "semver",
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            },
            {
              "version": "6.18",
              "lessThanOrEqual": "*",
              "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "metrics": {},
  "references": [
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c17001b21b9f168c957ced9384abe969019b609",
      "source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf0fbf5e8b0aff8a4a0fb35e32b10083baa83c04",
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    }
  ]
}