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CVE-2025-40216: Linux 6.12
CVE-2025-40216. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00142 (percentile 0.03116), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · a8edbb424b1391b077407c75d8f5d2ede77aa70d to before 50998b0ae7d9d552e96d8b7239981cf05f65eff5, a8edbb424b1391b077407c75d8f5d2ede77aa70d to before f16769241594be59387b56ab525e327f54377e60, a8edbb424b1391b077407c75d8f5d2ede77aa70d to before 3a3c6d61577dbb23c09df3e21f6f9eda1ecd634b
Linux
Linux · 6.12
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: io_uring/rsrc.c, io_uring/rsrc.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
- 0.00142 · percentile 0.03116 · 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-2025-40216.html