CVE-2025-40192

Revert "ipmi: fix msg stack when IPMI is disconnected"

CVE-2025-40192 is fixed in 13 products on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40192, released November 12, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
9th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "ipmi: fix msg stack when IPMI is disconnected" This reverts commit c608966f3f9c2dca596967501d00753282b395fc. This patch has a subtle bug that can cause the IPMI driver to go into an infinite loop if the BMC misbehaves in a certain way. Apparently certain BMCs do misbehave this way because several reports have come in recently about this.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
dtb-aarch64 · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-64kb · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-64kb · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-default · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-default · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-default-base · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-default-base · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1.160000.2.5 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-docs · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-docs · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-kvmsmall · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-obs-build · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-obs-qa · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-rt · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-source · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-source · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-syms · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-syms · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · opensuse-leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1 Dec 19, 2025
kernel-zfcpdump · sles 16.0 6.12.0-160000.8.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1 Dec 19, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.57-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40192 Nov 12, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.17.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40192 Nov 12, 2025

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