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CVE-2025-39976: Linux 6.16
CVE-2025-39976. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00144 (percentile 0.03298), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 7c4f75a21f636486d2969d9b6680403ea8483539 to before f1635765cd0fdbf27b04d9a50be91a01b5adda13, 7c4f75a21f636486d2969d9b6680403ea8483539 to before 4ec3c15462b9f44562f45723a92e2807746ba7d1
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: kernel/fork.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, 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. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- 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 · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00144 · percentile 0.03298 · 2026-10-19
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 01:44:01.123206+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-39976.html