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P5
CVE-2025-40122: Linux 6.16
CVE-2025-40122. EPSS 0.00198 (percentile 0.09021), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · ec980e4facef8110f6fce27e5b6344660117f01f to before c6cca4213b618c92e4972919ee568f0fb87313b1, ec980e4facef8110f6fce27e5b6344660117f01f to before 43796f30507802d93ead2dc44fc9637f34671a89
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: arch/x86/events/intel/core.c
What an attacker can do
User may create a perf event with ACR counter mask (config2=0xcb), and there is only 1 event created, so "cpuc->n_events" is 1.
- CCR priority
- 0.0 /100 (P5)
- EPSS
- 0.00198 · percentile 0.09021 · 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-2025-40122.html