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Linux Linux — rxrpc: Fix untrusted unsigned subtract
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U H H H 7.8 .0023 14.0 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux 9d1d2b59341f58126a69b51f9f5f8ccb9f12e54a – —
Linux 6.16 – 6.16.9
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Oct 9 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-39962 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 7.8 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix untrusted unsigned subtract
Fix the following Smatch static checker warning:
net/rxrpc/rxgk_app.c:65 rxgk_yfs_decode_ticket()
warn: untrusted unsigned subtract. 'ticket_len - 10 * 4'
by prechecking the length of what we're trying to extract in two places in
the token and decoding for a response packet.
Also use sizeof() on the struct we're extracting rather specifying the size
numerically to be consistent with the other related statements.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| October 9, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-39962 (Linux). CVSS 7.5 → 7.8 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | 9d1d2b59341f58126a69b51f9f5f8ccb9f12e54a | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.16 | 6.16.9 |
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