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CVE-2025-40012: Linux 6.10
CVE-2025-40012. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00193 (percentile 0.08446), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · f7a22071dbf316c982fb44308874bd7ad9ac2091 to before 14fc4fdae42e34d7ee871b292ac2ecc61c2c5de7, f7a22071dbf316c982fb44308874bd7ad9ac2091 to before d5411685dc2f6ac7bdf01a0a204d56cae38c6cf6, f7a22071dbf316c982fb44308874bd7ad9ac2091 to before a35c04de2565db191726b5741e6b66a35002c652
Linux
Linux · 6.10
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/smc/smc_loopback.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
A local attacker with low privileges can trigger a use-after-free error. Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not state a further attacker outcome.
- 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
- 0.00193 · percentile 0.08446 · 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-2025-40012.html