Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-40217

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: pidfs: validate extensible ioctls Validate extensible ioctls stricter than we do now.

Published · last modified .

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.002 (6.2th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 6th percentile — 6.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2025-40217: held from 0.002 to 0.002.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.002 · newest: 0.002 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 5b08bd408534bfb3a7cf5778da5b27d4e4fffe12, 6.11, 0

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