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    CVE-2025-40173

    In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/ip6_tunnel: Prevent perpetual tunnel growth Similarly to ipv4 tunnel, ipv6 version updates dev->needed_headroom, too. While ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment growth was limited in commit 5ae1e9922bbd ("net: ip_tunnel: prevent perpetual headroom growth"), ipv6 tunnel yet increases the headroom without any ceiling. Reflect ipv4 tunnel headroom adjustment limit on ipv6 version. Credits to Francesco Ruggeri, who was originally debugging this issue and wrote local Arista-specific patch and a reproducer.

    Published:Nov 12, 2025
    Last Modified:Jul 30, 2026
    EPS:Nov 12, 2025
    EPSS Score:0.00193
    CVSS Score:7.8

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    Linux
    Product
    Linux Kernel

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