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CVE-2025-38140: linux kernel from 5.14 (inclusive), before 6.15.3 (exclusive); +1 more affected products
CVE-2025-38140. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.00159 (percentile 0.04685), scored 20-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 5.14 (inclusive), before 6.15.3 (exclusive)
linux
Linux · bb37d77239af25cde59693dbe3fac04dd17d7b29 to before 13c0425c99c67c2296f1eec61254a4f91484eac3, bb37d77239af25cde59693dbe3fac04dd17d7b29 to before ac8acb0bfd98a1c65f3ca9a3e217a766124eebd8, bb37d77239af25cde59693dbe3fac04dd17d7b29 to before 121218bef4c1df165181f5cd8fc3a2246bac817e
Linux
Linux · 5.14
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/md/dm-table.c, drivers/md/dm-zone.c, drivers/md/dm.c, drivers/md/dm.h
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.00159 · percentile 0.04685 · 2026-10-20
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- GitHub Advisory Database · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:14:50.830645+00:00 UTC
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-21 16:09:05.633125+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-38140.html