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CVE-2025-40092: Linux 2.6.38
CVE-2025-40092. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00154 (percentile 0.04171), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c to before 185193a4714aa9c78437a7a1858fbe5771f0f45c, 9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c to before f37de8dec6a4c379b4b8486003a1de00ff8cff3b, 9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c to before 1cde4516295a030cb8ab4c93114ca3b6c3c6a1e2, 9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c to before d3fe7143928d8dfa2ec7bac9f906b48bc75b98ee, 9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c to before ed78f4d6079d872432b1ed54f155ef61965d3137, 9f6ce4240a2bf456402c15c06768059e5973f28c to before 75a5b8d4ddd4eb6b16cb0b475d14ff4ae64295ef
Linux
Linux · 2.6.38
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/usb/gadget/function/f_ncm.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
- 0.00154 · percentile 0.04171 · 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-2025-40092.html