CVE-2025-40012

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

0.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 7.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2025-10-20 15:26Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:07Z1 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

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

013fa707047c6d966be8488b20d24698037942616a0ddfbe5374445f2bca89a2

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14fc4fdae42e34d7ee871b292ac2ecc61c2c5de7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5411685dc2f6ac7bdf01a0a204d56cae38c6cf6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a35c04de2565db191726b5741e6b66a35002c652