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CVE-2025-40270: Linux 6.15
CVE-2025-40270. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00136 (percentile 0.02684), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 78524b05f1a3e16a5d00cc9c6259c41a9d6003ce to before a4145be7b56bfa87dce56415c3ad993071462b8a, 78524b05f1a3e16a5d00cc9c6259c41a9d6003ce to before 1c2a936edd71e133f2806e68324ec81a4eb07588
Linux
Linux · 6.15
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: mm/swap_state.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
- 0.00136 · percentile 0.02684 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 20:17:11.213245+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40270.html