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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 Reserved 2025-04-16 | Published 2025-11-12 | Updated 2025-12-01 | Assigner Linux

Product status

Default status
unaffected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before 566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before 11f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a94
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before 402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before 10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before 48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before b6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824b
affected

8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 (git) before 21f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f16
affected

Default status
affected

4.7
affected

Any version before 4.7
unaffected

5.4.301 (semver)
unaffected

5.10.246 (semver)
unaffected

5.15.196 (semver)
unaffected

6.1.158 (semver)
unaffected

6.6.114 (semver)
unaffected

6.12.55 (semver)
unaffected

6.17.5 (semver)
unaffected

6.18 (original_commit_for_fix)
unaffected

References

git.kernel.org/...c/566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65

git.kernel.org/...c/11f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a94

git.kernel.org/...c/402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb

git.kernel.org/...c/10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c

git.kernel.org/...c/48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f

git.kernel.org/...c/eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4

git.kernel.org/...c/b6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824b

git.kernel.org/...c/21f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f16

cve.org (CVE-2025-40173)

nvd.nist.gov (CVE-2025-40173)

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