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CVE-2025-40038: Linux 6.5
CVE-2025-40038. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.1 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00177 (percentile 0.06821), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · b439eb8ab578557263815ba8581d02c1b730e348 to before cd3efb93677c4b0cf76348882fb429165fee33fd, b439eb8ab578557263815ba8581d02c1b730e348 to before f994e9c790ce97d3cf01af4d0a1b9add0c955aee, b439eb8ab578557263815ba8581d02c1b730e348 to before da2a3c231f7f2a5ac146d972b8c1d7d84aff6d70, b439eb8ab578557263815ba8581d02c1b730e348 to before 0910dd7c9ad45a2605c45fd2bf3d1bcac087687c
Linux
Linux · 6.5
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: called
File: arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.1/10) 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
- 28.4 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.1 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00177 · percentile 0.06821 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 22:58:54.984414+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40038.html