What is CVE-2025-39791?

CVE-2025-39791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-11.

How severe is CVE-2025-39791?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2025-39791 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-39791

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dm: dm-crypt: Do not partially accept write BIOs with zoned targets Read and write operations issued to a dm-crypt target may be split according to the dm-crypt internal…

EPSS: 0.001 (1.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions f211268ed1f9bdf48f06a3ead5f5d88437450579, 6.10, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-667 — Improper Locking

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-39791?: CVE-2025-39791 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Improper Locking. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-09-11.
How severe is CVE-2025-39791?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-39791 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.