CVE-2025-40090

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

0.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 20.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (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:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-10-19.

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

2025-10-30 09:47Z12 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:07Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

cf117050fb9093822fdf33c992d640ba65f9142290ded8d5abe489af269ecde4

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5493571f4351f74e11db9943e98a07c56467cf7e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1891abe832cbf5a11039e088766131d0f1642d02
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4602b8cee1481dbb896182e5cb1e8cf12910e9e7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3412fbd81b46b9cfae013817b61d4bbd27e09e36
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88f170814fea74911ceab798a43cbd7c5599bed4