CVE-2025-40172

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

2025-11-12 10:53Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:08Z1 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

3f7ae71d0eb4172cbdbac081da4e27ab2579619e31da6abc8042adddd186f342

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/48b1d42286bfef7628b1d6c8c28d4e456c90f725
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/551f1dfbcb7f3e6ed07f9d6c8c1c64337fcd0ede
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ab9733d14cc9987cc5dcd1f0ad1f416e302e2e6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11f08c30a3e4157305ba692f1d44cca5fc9a8fca