{"cve":"CVE-2025-40164","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-12T11:15:46.660","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nusbnet: Fix using smp_processor_id() in preemptible code warnings\n\nSyzbot reported the following warning:\n\nBUG: using smp_processor_id() in preemptible [00000000] code: dhcpcd/2879\ncaller is usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331\nCPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 2879 Comm: dhcpcd Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4-syzkaller-00098-g615dca38c2ea #0 PREEMPT(voluntary)\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n check_preemption_disabled+0xd0/0xe0 lib/smp_processor_id.c:49\n usbnet_skb_return+0x74/0x490 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:331\n usbnet_resume_rx+0x4b/0x170 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:708\n usbnet_change_mtu+0x1be/0x220 drivers/net/usb/usbnet.c:417\n __dev_set_mtu net/core/dev.c:9443 [inline]\n netif_set_mtu_ext+0x369/0x5c0 net/core/dev.c:9496\n netif_set_mtu+0xb0/0x160 net/core/dev.c:9520\n dev_set_mtu+0xae/0x170 net/core/dev_api.c:247\n dev_ifsioc+0xa31/0x18d0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:572\n dev_ioctl+0x223/0x10e0 net/core/dev_ioctl.c:821\n sock_do_ioctl+0x19d/0x280 net/socket.c:1204\n sock_ioctl+0x42f/0x6a0 net/socket.c:1311\n vfs_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:51 [inline]\n __do_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:906 [inline]\n __se_sys_ioctl fs/ioctl.c:892 [inline]\n __x64_sys_ioctl+0x190/0x200 fs/ioctl.c:892\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x260 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nFor historical and portability reasons, the netif_rx() is usually\nrun in the softirq or interrupt context, this commit therefore add\nlocal_bh_disable/enable() protection in the usbnet_resume_rx().","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0134c7bff14bd50314a4f92b182850ddfc38e255","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17fbad93879e87a334062882b45fa727ba1b3dd7","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327cd4b68b4398b6c24f10eb2b2533ffbfc10185","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65d04291adf7c59338f87aab9c6fe0bfa9993e64","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6635e52bc4165793aefd686962d912d73d323afe"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40164","score":0.00194,"percentile":0.08956,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}