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gve: Implement settime64 with -EOPNOTSUPP
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Implement settime64 with -EOPNOTSUPP ptp_clock_settime() assumes every ptp_clock has implemented settime64(). Stub it with -EOPNOTSUPP to prevent a NULL dereference.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 6.17.8
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-40298
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 18:57 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gve: Implement settime64 with -EOPNOTSUPP ptp_clock_settime() assumes every ptp_clock has implemented settime64(). Stub it with -EOPNOTSUPP to prevent a NULL dereference.
osv:CVE-2025-40298
Kernel
Fixed versions: 6.17.8
Complete source record
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