CVE-2025-40038

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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2025-10-28 11:48Z10 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:07Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.1)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-754Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional ConditionsClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

f5cc0786bf0bd0747e8a0dfd427fb9813ff6d6e1875605e32206021ee1b19c8d

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd3efb93677c4b0cf76348882fb429165fee33fd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f994e9c790ce97d3cf01af4d0a1b9add0c955aee
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/da2a3c231f7f2a5ac146d972b8c1d7d84aff6d70
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0910dd7c9ad45a2605c45fd2bf3d1bcac087687c