CVE-2025-40269
An attacker can exploit multiple vulnerabilities in the Linux Kernel to create a denial-of-service condition or achieve further unspecified impacts.
CSIRTS triage
- What
- Multiple vulnerabilities allow an attacker to create a denial-of-service condition or achieve further unspecified impacts.
- Who is affected
- Users of the affected Linux Kernel versions.
- Urgency
- Remediation is high urgency due to the high severity of the vulnerabilities.
- Action
- Apply the latest patches for the Linux Kernel.
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Exploitation outlook
- Low exploitation risk0.16% 30-day exploitation probability — currently an unlikely target, but scores change as exploit code circulates. Riskier than 5% of all EPSS-scored CVEs.
Advisory coverage (2)
- high[UPDATE] [high] Linux Kernel: Multiple vulnerabilities allow denial of servicecert-bund · 2026-07-31
- high[UPDATE] [high] IBM QRadar SIEM: Multiple vulnerabilitiescert-bund · 2026-07-23
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