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CVE-2025-40123: Linux 4.17
CVE-2025-40123. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00166 (percentile 0.05443), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before e53a59e7cee5c1605d1ed595933098c2b69108f9, 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before dc4f348952173beb8ceb15be30b249276eccb605, 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before a99de19128aec0913f3d529f529fbbff5edfaff8, 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before 08cb3dc9d2b44f153d0bcf2cb966e4a94b5d0f32, 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before f856c598080ba7ce1252867b8ecd6ad5bdaf9a6a, 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before c1ad19b5d8e23123503dcaf2d4342e1b90b923ad, 5e43f899b03a3492ce5fc44e8900becb04dae9c0 to before 4540aed51b12bc13364149bf95f6ecef013197c0
Linux
Linux · 4.17
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: within
File: include/linux/bpf.h, kernel/bpf/core.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
- 0.00166 · percentile 0.05443 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 22:58:54.984414+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40123.html