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CVE-2025-40169: Linux 6.6
CVE-2025-40169. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00153 (percentile 0.03959), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 to before 3bce44b344040e5eef3d64d38b157c15304c0aab, ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 to before 5017c302ca4b2a45149ad64e058fa2d5623c068f, ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 to before 21167bf70dbe400563e189ac632258d35eda38b5, ec0e2da95f72d4a46050a4d994e4fe471474fd80 to before 55c0ced59fe17dee34e9dfd5f7be63cbab207758
Linux
Linux · 6.6
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: validates
File: kernel/bpf/verifier.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
- 0.00153 · percentile 0.03959 · 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-2025-40169.html