7.8

CVE-2025-40069: drm/msm: Fix obj leak in VM_BIND error path

Deferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40069
Published 28-10-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-40069 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 3.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.14%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 7 · Related 7
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15702-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1USN-8029-1USN-8029-2USN-8029-3USN-8030-1

Timeline

  1. 28-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm: Fix obj leak in VM_BIND error path If we fail a handle-lookup part way thru, we need to drop the already obtained obj references. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/669784/

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.14%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

4%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.14% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu93 products
  • linux< 6.17.0-14.14
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 2e6a8a1fe2b262a6dfd0a65041fcd830ee1e7143, < 2b512909a291a964cfcf6b58de13256ab3e848c4 | ≥ 2e6a8a1fe2b262a6dfd0a65041fcd830ee1e7143, < 278f8904434aa96055e793936b5977c010549e28 | 6.17

2 vendors · 94 products

References

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