rcu protection

  1. RCU Protected IPv6 Transmission Patch for CVE-2025-40135

    A new Linux-kernel vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-40135 has been closed upstream by adding Read‑Copy‑Update (RCU) protection to the IPv6 transmit path: the ip6_xmit code now uses RCU-aware device access (dst_dev_rcu to avoid a possible use‑after‑free (UAF) that could otherwise trigger kernel...
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  2. Linux MPTCP CVE-2025-40257: Timer Race Fixed with RCU Protection

    A recently disclosed race condition in the Linux kernel’s Multipath TCP (MPTCP) code — tracked as CVE‑2025‑40257 — can lead to a slab-use-after-free while deleting a timer, and upstream maintainers have patched the bug by adding RCU protection and clarifying the timer logic; operators should...