CVE-2025-40079

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

0.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.0% 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

2025-10-28 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 7.8)

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

b56287acaa82f81218c1866518ac7e043eef89bf7aacaa0e740a61294d151959

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/92751937f12a7d34ad492577a251c94a55e97e72
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/918a399501e28e0cc36dbd1fcfb4208f8aa1e4d1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd2e08128944a7679e753f920e9eda72057e427c