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CVE-2025-40290: Linux 6.17
CVE-2025-40290. CVSS 3.1 base score 7.8 (HIGH, Source advisory). EPSS 0.00142 (percentile 0.03083), scored 13-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
Linux · 30f241fcf52aaaef7ac16e66530faa11be78a865 to before c5ea2e50b5c9aa80c5b53526257540f0c26cd66d, 30f241fcf52aaaef7ac16e66530faa11be78a865 to before 0ebc27a4c67d44e5ce88d21cdad8201862b78837, 932cb57e675a62982d4719e4b04e9f09a15a5baf, 6.16.8 to before 6.17
Linux
Linux · 6.17
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/xdp/xsk.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
- 0.00142 · percentile 0.03083 · 2026-10-13
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 01:07:31.726917+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-40290.html