CVE-2025-40171
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel to carry out unspecified attacks that may lead to a denial-of-service condition or cause memory corruption.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities may lead to denial-of-service conditions or memory corruption.
- Who is affected
- Deployments of the Linux Kernel.
- Urgency
- Remediation is urgent due to the high severity of the vulnerabilities.
- Action
- Apply the latest patches to mitigate the vulnerabilities.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.19% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 9% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (1)
- high[UPDATE] [high] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-07
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