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CVE-2025-39740: linux kernel from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.2 (exclusive), 6.17 · update rc1; +1 more affected products

CVE-2025-39740. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, NVD). EPSS 0.00157 (percentile 0.04417), scored 19-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

linux kernel · from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.2 (exclusive)
linux

linux kernel · 6.17 · update rc1
linux

Linux · 270172f64b114451876c1b68912653e72ab99f38 to before 7e46fa64a4b94208563c3a5bf1d7f4346f94abea, 270172f64b114451876c1b68912653e72ab99f38 to before 145832fbdd17b1d77ffd6cdd1642259e101d1b7e
Linux

Linux · 6.16
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/gpu/drm/xe/xe_migrate.c

Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required

What an attacker can do

Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.

Published

CWE
CWE-416
CCR priority
31.2 /100 (P4)
CVSS 3.1
7.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · NVD
EPSS
0.00157 · percentile 0.04417 · 2026-10-19
KEV
no

Provenance

Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-39740.html