Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-40276

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/panthor: Flush shmem writes before mapping buffers CPU-uncached The shmem layer zeroes out the new pages using cached mappings, and if we don't CPU-flush we might leave dirty cachelines behind, leading to potential data leaks and/or asynchronous buffer corruption when dirty cachelines are evicted.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.001 (2.7th percentile), scored .

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 3rd percentile — 2.7% 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-2025-40276: held from 0.001 to 0.001.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.001 · newest: 0.001 · change: 0.000

Affected products

  • Linux — versions 8a1cc07578bf42d85f008316873d710ff684dd29, 6.10, 0

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40276?
CVE-2025-40276 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 2025-12-06.
How severe is CVE-2025-40276?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.