CVE-2025-40000

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.25% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 16.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. 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

2025-10-15 07:59Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:07Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e4f8cee5626158f8be034f6efdf0342f36d9233f3e109864489ccb8b5639b69d

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/895cccf639ac015f3d5f993218cf098db82ac145
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f21f530b03b4b23448edb531a0cfea434cb76bb4
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb3c41b358cf87d99e39d393e164f9e4a6088e6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e31a6bc07312b448fad3b45de578471f86f0e77