CVE-2025-39698

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 9.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-09-05 17:21Z12 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:04Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-672Operation on a Resource after Expiration or ReleaseClass
• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

616a992b1f0c4d123bc6f997302dd5ab25ba9240f5a01c32267a93610ba949b8

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d9f93172820a53ab42c4b0e5e65291f4f9d00ad2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d34c04152df517c59979b4bf2a47f491e06d3256
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/508c1314b342b78591f51c4b5dadee31a88335df
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-915/