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CVE-2025-40192Revert "ipmi: fix msg stack when IPMI is disconnected"

Updated under an hour ago (Oct 26, 2026, 7:10 PM ET)

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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.

CVSS: Not yet scored
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Linux
NVD analysis: Deferred
Record last updated: May 11, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Oct 9, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

Linux Linux linux:linux (from the name)	from c608966f3f9c2dca596967501d00753282b395fc before f4aab940ae9eb3ba32e5332b35703673f00d7f37; from c608966f3f9c2dca596967501d00753282b395fc before b9cc7155e65f6feca51bfedd543b9bd300e2be2b; from c608966f3f9c2dca596967501d00753282b395fc before 8cf5c24533b8058910fcb83a25a9cf0306383780; from c608966f3f9c2dca596967501d00753282b395fc before 5d09ee1bec870263f4ace439402ea840503b503b	CNA record

References

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f4aab940ae9eb3ba32e5332b35703673f00d7f37
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b9cc7155e65f6feca51bfedd543b9bd300e2be2b
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8cf5c24533b8058910fcb83a25a9cf0306383780
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d09ee1bec870263f4ace439402ea840503b503b

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