CVE-2025-40080: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-40080 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 36 · Related 32Timeline
- 28-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 15-10-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nbd: restrict sockets to TCP and UDP Recently, syzbot started to abuse NBD with all kinds of sockets. Commit cf1b2326b734 ("nbd: verify socket is supported during setup") made sure the socket supported a shutdown() method. Explicitely accept TCP and UNIX stream sockets.
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.21%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.01 pp
From 0.19% on 21-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Ubuntu153 products
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-106.106 | < 6.17.0-14.14
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1050.53 | < 6.17.0-1007.7
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.1.158-1 | < 6.12.57-1 | < 6.17.6-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ cf1b2326b734896734c6e167e41766f9cee7686a, < c365e8f20f4201d873a70385bd919f0fb531e960 | ≥ cf1b2326b734896734c6e167e41766f9cee7686a, < 4f9e6ff6319dbcebea64b50af0304cf0ad7e97e7 | ≥ cf1b2326b734896734c6e167e41766f9cee7686a, < 37ad11f20e164c23ce827dd455b42c0fdd29685c | ≥ cf1b2326b734896734c6e167e41766f9cee7686a, < 808e2335bc1cf2293b9e36ccc94c267c81509c71 | ≥ cf1b2326b734896734c6e167e41766f9cee7686a, < 9f7c02e031570e8291a63162c6c046dc15ff85b0 | 4df728651b8a99693c69962d8e5a5b9e5a3bbcc7 | 083322455c67d278c56a66b73f1221f004ee600a | 4fa1cbd587ef967812f9d9f6ce46ec1dead7502c | ≥ 4.14.152, < 4.15 | ≥ 4.19.82, < 4.20 | ≥ 5.3.9, < 5.4 | 5.4
3 vendors · 155 products