CVE-2025-40025: Linux 3.8

CVE-2025-40025. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00144 (percentile 0.03307), scored 19-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Linux · 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 to before 186098f34b8a5d65eb828f952c8cc56272c60ea0, 98e4da8ca301e062d79ae168c67e56f3c3de3ce4 to before c18ecd99e0c707ef8f83cace861cbc3162f4fdf1
Linux

Linux · 3.8
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: fs/f2fs/f2fs.h, fs/f2fs/gc.c, fs/f2fs/node.c, fs/f2fs/node.h, fs/f2fs/recovery.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.

Published 20-Oct-2026 01:47 UTC

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 0.03307 · 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-2025-40025.html