CVE-2025-40117: Linux 6.17

CVE-2025-40117. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00153 (percentile 0.04049), scored 19-Oct-2026.

Affected technology

Linux · eefb83790a0dda112d1755e4f5e213738d717e76 to before 6df3687922570f753574c40b35e83b26b32292d0, eefb83790a0dda112d1755e4f5e213738d717e76 to before 1ad82f9db13d85667366044acdfb02009d576c5a
Linux

Linux · 6.17
Linux

Component: Not specified by the source
File: drivers/misc/pci_endpoint_test.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: 0.00153 · percentile 0.04049 · 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-2025-40117.html