CVE-2025-40042
A local attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel to execute arbitrary code, gain privileged access, steal sensitive information, or render affected systems inoperable.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities can be exploited to execute arbitrary code, gain privileged access, steal sensitive information, or render systems inoperable.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of the Linux Kernel.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the severe potential impacts of these vulnerabilities.
- Action
- Update to the latest version of the Linux Kernel.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.21% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 11% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- high[UPDATE] [high] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-10
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