CVE-2025-40180 json
mailbox: zynqmp-ipi: Fix out-of-bounds access in mailbox cleanup loop
published 2025-11-12 11 mo ago modified 2026-10-30 9 d ago also EUVD-2025-150394
- cvss
- —
- not scored
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 16%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mailbox: zynqmp-ipi: Fix out-of-bounds access in mailbox cleanup loop
The cleanup loop was starting at the wrong array index, causing out-of-bounds access. Start the loop at the correct index for zero-indexed arrays to prevent accessing memory beyond the allocated array bounds.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.160, 6.12.54, 6.17.4, 6.18
- linux Debian 13 6.12.57-1
- linux Debian 14 6.17.6-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40180
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-106.106
- linux Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-14.14
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1050.53
- linux-aws Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1052.55
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 25.10 6.17.0-1007.7
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1048.53
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1049.49
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-40180
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-source Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1
- kernel-default Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1
- kernel-kvmsmall Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1
- kernel-default-base Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-38.1.21.15
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-source-rt Linux Micro 6.1, Linux Micro 6.0 6.4.0-39.1
- kernel-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
- kernel-syms-rt Real Time Module 15 SP6, openSUSE Leap 15.6 6.4.0-150600.10.61.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2026:20473-1SUSE-SU-2026:20496-1SUSE-SU-2026:20039-1SUSE-SU-2026:20059-1SUSE-SU-2025:4521-1SUSE-SU-2025:4517-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
- kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/b91951f76be14a393439c7063974b4d26f3cb64f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/47a92030422d09c2de0633d23f660a65b717f008 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd0cbf2713f6e027ebba867cb7409ae345a31312 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab96f08ecedd263ecaab9df8455bfb23b07fdcc2 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0aead8197fc1a85b0a89646e418feb49a564b029 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-40180 updated
kernel: mailbox: zynqmp-ipi: Fix out-of-bounds access in mailbox cleanup loop
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelnot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.25% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 16% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/b91951f76be14a393439c7063974b4d26f3cb64f
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/47a92030422d09c2de0633d23f660a65b717f008
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/cd0cbf2713f6e027ebba867cb7409ae345a31312
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/ab96f08ecedd263ecaab9df8455bfb23b07fdcc2
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/0aead8197fc1a85b0a89646e418feb49a564b029
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-40180
- NVD CVE-2025-40180
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