CVE-2025-40109: crypto: rng - Ensure set_ent is always present
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-40109 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.22% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 13.1% of scored vulnerabilities.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 45 · Related 42Timeline
- 09-11-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: rng - Ensure set_ent is always present Ensure that set_ent is always set since only drbg provides it.
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.22%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
13%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
Increase +0.02 pp
From 0.21% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu136 products
- linux< 5.15.0-170.180 | < 6.8.0-106.106 | < 6.17.0-7.7
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 5.15.0-1100.107 | < 6.8.0-1050.53 | < 6.17.0-1004.4
- 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≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < 15d6f42da1bb527629d8e1067b1302d58dec9166 | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < bd903c25b652c331831226cdf56c8179d18e43f4 | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < 17acbcd44fe8dc17dc1072375e76df2d52da6ac8 | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < ab172f4f42626549b02bada05f09e3f2b0cc26ec | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < c5c703b50e91dd4748769f4c5ab50d9ad60be370 | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < e247a7d138e514a40edda7c4d72c8bd49bb2cad3 | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < 915cb75983bc5e8b80f8a2f25a4af463f7b18c14 | ≥ 77ebdabe8de7c02f43c6de3357f79ff96f9f0579, < c0d36727bf39bb16ef0a67ed608e279535ebf0da | 5.10
3 vendors · 138 products