CVE-2025-39852
5.5 · MEDIUMOverview
CVE-2025-39852 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on September 19, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
Technical Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/tcp: Fix socket memory leak in TCP-AO failure handling for IPv6
When tcp_ao_copy_all_matching() fails in tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock() it just
exits the function. This ends up causing a memory-leak:
unreferenced object 0xffff0000281a8200 (size 2496):
comm "softirq", pid 0, jiffies 4295174684
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
7f 00 00 06 7f 00 00 06 00 00 00 00 cb a8 88 13 ................
0a 00 03 61 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ...a............
backtrace (crc 5ebdbe15):
kmemleak_alloc+0x44/0xe0
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof+0x248/0x470
sk_prot_alloc+0x48/0x120
sk_clone_lock+0x38/0x3b0
inet_csk_clone_lock+0x34/0x150
tcp_create_openreq_child+0x3c/0x4a8
tcp_v6_syn_recv_sock+0x1c0/0x620
tcp_check_req+0x588/0x790
tcp_v6_rcv+0x5d0/0xc18
ip6_protocol_deliver_rcu+0x2d8/0x4c0
ip6_input_finish+0x74/0x148
ip6_input+0x50/0x118
ip6_sublist_rcv+0x2fc/0x3b0
ipv6_list_
Remediation
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.46 | Affected |
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-39852?
CVE-2025-39852 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on September 19, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2025-39852?
This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.
How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-39852?
Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.
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