CVE-2025-40216

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 3.8% 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

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

2025-12-04 14:14Z9 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

0762726d16ca4264ed1a55fe458cac55b95408a0cfa7902a8b75242b286733be

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/50998b0ae7d9d552e96d8b7239981cf05f65eff5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f16769241594be59387b56ab525e327f54377e60
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3c6d61577dbb23c09df3e21f6f9eda1ecd634b