CVE-2025-40074

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

0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 34.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Deferred. NVD last modified this record on 2026-08-27.

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

2026-08-27 12:39Z8 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

No CWE assigned

Data version

5.2

Document digest

bc5d8ffec0bf7dc9f8b0128aec270c15d0f48f73d5d65a892cb9c273bcea7149

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/684efb2c86c887685f9aa65e1a21b3df6c1f822d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/923e0734c386984d45de508528a7a7ad91d791cc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ad8de3cefdb6ffa6708b21c567df0dbf82c43a8