CVE-2025-40098: linux

CVSS: UnknownDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40098DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40098
Published 30-10-2025Last modified 03-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-40098 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
Not scored
010
No CVSS score recorded
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 24 · Related 24
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:15702-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1OPENSUSE-SU-2026:10301-1SUSE-SU-2025:4393-1SUSE-SU-2025:4422-1SUSE-SU-2025:4505-1

Timeline

  1. 30-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 03-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: hda: cs35l41: Fix NULL pointer dereference in cs35l41_get_acpi_mute_state() Return value of a function acpi_evaluate_dsm() is dereferenced without checking for NULL, but it is usually checked for this function. acpi_evaluate_dsm() may return NULL, when acpi_evaluate_object() returns acpi_status other than ACPI_SUCCESS, so add a check to prevent the crach. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.18% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu129 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-147.147 | < 6.17.0-14.14
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1067.70 | < 6.17.0-1007.7
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.12.101-1 | < 6.17.6-1
  • linux-6.12< 6.12.101-1~deb12u1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 447106e92a0c86c332d40710436f38f64c322cd6, < 19129a365d2bd019fb60662b36b2655931997f12 | ≥ 447106e92a0c86c332d40710436f38f64c322cd6, < b518386db2b993d786c431caa9f46ce063c5cb05 | ≥ 447106e92a0c86c332d40710436f38f64c322cd6, < 8527bbb33936340525a3504a00932b2f8fd75754 | 6.7

3 vendors · 132 products

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