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CVE-2025-40204high

sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time

21Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackcvss 8.1epss 0.4%
exploitation probability
0.4%top 64% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: Fix MAC comparison to be constant-time To prevent timing attacks, MACs need to be compared in constant time. Use the appropriate helper function for this.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products
Linux · Linux