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CVE-2025-40096: Linux 5.16
CVE-2025-40096. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00154 (percentile 0.041), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 963d0b3569354230f6e2c36a286ef270a8901878 to before 4c38a63ae12ecc9370a7678077bde2d61aa80e9c, 963d0b3569354230f6e2c36a286ef270a8901878 to before 57239762aa90ad768dac055021f27705dae73344, 963d0b3569354230f6e2c36a286ef270a8901878 to before e5e3eb2aff92994ee81ce633f1c4e73bd4b87e11, 963d0b3569354230f6e2c36a286ef270a8901878 to before fdfb47e85af1e11ec822c82739dde2dd8dff5115, 963d0b3569354230f6e2c36a286ef270a8901878 to before 5801e65206b065b0b2af032f7f1eef222aa2fd83
Linux
Linux · 5.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: consumes
File: drivers/gpu/drm/scheduler/sched_main.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 0.041 · 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-2025-40096.html