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CVE-2025-40173: Linux 4.7
CVE-2025-40173. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00153 (percentile 0.03999), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before 566f8d5c8a443f2dd69c5460fdec43ed1c870c65, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before 11f6066af3bfb8149aa16c42c0b0c5ea5b199a94, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before 402b6985e872b4cf394bbbf33b503947a326a6cb, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before 10fe967efe73c610e526ff7460581610633dee9c, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before 48294a67863c9cfa367abb66bbf0ef6548ae124f, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before eeb4345488672584db4f8c20a1ae13a212ce31c4, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before b6eb25d870f1a8ae571fd3da2244b71df547824b, 8eb30be0352d09165e94a41fef1c7b994dca0714 to before 21f4d45eba0b2dcae5dbc9e5e0ad08735c993f16
Linux
Linux · 4.7
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: include/net/ip_tunnels.h, net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.c, net/ipv6/ip6_tunnel.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 0.03999 · 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-2025-40173.html