CVE-2025-40318

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

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 18.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/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

2025-12-08 00:46Z9 MO AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:09Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-825Expired Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

bc6a85d04ecad69ff2b6b8826f2bc0369ca53cc5832dffe5c2410e1ecf3ad851

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a94f7e017438935c09ef833a1aa908ad9875213
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/932c0a4f77ac13e526fdd5b42914d29c9821d389
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae76cf6c2c842944c6514c57df54d728f1916553
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9cd536970192b72257afcdfba0bfc09993e6f19c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/09b0cd1297b4dbfe736aeaa0ceeab2265f47f772