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CVE-2025-40079: Linux 6.6
CVE-2025-40079. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00152 (percentile 0.03958), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 25ad10658dc1068a671553ff10e19a812c2a3783 to before 92751937f12a7d34ad492577a251c94a55e97e72, 25ad10658dc1068a671553ff10e19a812c2a3783 to before 918a399501e28e0cc36dbd1fcfb4208f8aa1e4d1, 25ad10658dc1068a671553ff10e19a812c2a3783 to before fd2e08128944a7679e753f920e9eda72057e427c
Linux
Linux · 6.6
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: model
File: arch/riscv/net/bpf_jit_comp64.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
- 0.00152 · percentile 0.03958 · 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-2025-40079.html