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CVE-2025-40159: Linux 6.8
CVE-2025-40159. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00152 (percentile 0.03924), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 341ac980eab90ac1f6c22ee9f9da83ed9604d899 to before 1463cd066f32efd56ddfd3ac4e3524200f362980, 341ac980eab90ac1f6c22ee9f9da83ed9604d899 to before 5b5fffa7c81e55d8c8edf05ad40d811ec7047e21, 341ac980eab90ac1f6c22ee9f9da83ed9604d899 to before 07ca98f906a403637fc5e513a872a50ef1247f3b
Linux
Linux · 6.8
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: old
File: net/xdp/xsk_queue.h
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
- 0.00152 · percentile 0.03924 · 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-2025-40159.html