CVE-2025-40244

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.9% 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 15:31Z9 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

• CWE-665Improper InitializationClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

acd94babed839371da86763b54d735f8986ddc996d318deb171330ddd9229c4b

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b8a72692aa42b7dcd179a96b90bc2763ac74576a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c135b8dca65526aa5b8814e9954e0ae317d9c598
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d7e313039a8f3a6ee072dc5ff4643234d2d735cf
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5bfb13b4f406aef1a450f99d22d3e48df01528c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99202d94909d323a30d154ab0261c0a07166daec
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/14c673a2f3ecf650b694a52a88688f1d71849899
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4840ceadef4290c56cc422f0fc697655f3cbf070