CVE-2025-40299

gve: Implement gettimex64 with -EOPNOTSUPP

N/A
Published: December 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM UTC
Updated: October 14, 2026 at 10:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Implement gettimex64 with -EOPNOTSUPP gve implemented a ptp_clock for sole use of do_aux_work at this time. ptp_clock_gettime() and ptp_sys_offset() assume every ptp_clock has implemented either gettimex64 or gettime64. Stub gettimex64 and return -EOPNOTSUPP to prevent NULL dereferencing.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.17acd16380523b400400523fe54c7499320e558e80
Vendor states this is fixed in 6ab753b5d8e521616cd9bd10b09891cbeb7e0235 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 96ec90412ceb58c73fd3714e40ab2cee1eedac3b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17.8 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.18 (unaffected)

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