vhost: vringh: Modify the return value check
Priority LOW 35Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 2 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: vringh: Modify the return value check The return value of copy_from_iter and copy_to_iter can't be negative, check whether the copied lengths are equal.
Why it matters now
Exploitation None reported CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00165 5th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Linux (Linux): 6.1.156, 6.6.112, 6.12.53 +2Red Hat: 2 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- None
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Total
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.156, 6.6.112, 6.12.53, 6.17.3, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Not affected: 3 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40051
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-9g2x-xr9c-j935
- 2026-10-16 CISA SSVC decision points changed
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db042925a5ab7a550b710addeadbf6f72e3a8a4b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78dc7362662fedaa1928fb8e4f27401c8322905d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/baa37b1c7e29546f79c39bef0d18c4edc9f39bb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfa0654402c06d086201a9ff167eb95da5844fc3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a8d0fda55b35361ee7f35b54fa2b66d7847d2b
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40051 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40051 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-9g2x-xr9c-j935 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40051 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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