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CVE-2025-40140: Linux 2.6.12
CVE-2025-40140. CVSS 3.1 base score 8.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00319 (percentile 0.23413), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before cce3c0e21cdd15bcba5c35d3af1700186de8f187, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 1a08a37ac03d07a1608a1592791041cac979fbc3, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 54f8ef1a970a8376e5846ed90854decf7c00555d, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 114e05344763a102a8844efd96ec06ba99293ccd, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 6394bade9daab8e318c165fe43bba012bf13cd8e, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 6053e47bbf212b93c051beb4261d7d5a409d0ce3, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 9d72df7f5eac946f853bf49c428c4e87a17d91da, 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 to before 958baf5eaee394e5fd976979b0791a875f14a179
Linux
Linux · 2.6.12
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: dev_set_rx_mode
File: drivers/net/usb/rtl8150.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Adjacent network · No privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 8.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 35.3 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H · Source advisory
- EPSS
- 0.00319 · percentile 0.23413 · 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-2025-40140.html