CVE-2025-40197: linux

CVSS: UnknownDeferred
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-40197DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40197
Published 12-11-2025Last modified 23-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-40197 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 10.5% 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
0.21%
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 7 · Related 5
DLA-4379-1DLA-4404-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20172-1SUSE-SU-2026:20012-1SUSE-SU-2026:20015-1SUSE-SU-2026:20021-1

Timeline

  1. 12-11-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: mc: Clear minor number before put device The device minor should not be cleared after the device is released.

CVSS metrics

Risk metrics not yet published.

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.19% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.21%

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

Ubuntu83 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.158-1 | < 6.12.57-1 | < 6.17.6-1
Linux1 product
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < dd156f44ea82cc249f46c519eed3b2f8983c8002 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 64dbc6f50ce92b7da203b1bcdd96a370bbc9b74d | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 5d327391f9fafeb0938be4fc538dd0bd54a0b2ef | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 8f52c7f38f0f2ee2afc331e6b873acba5e9490a8 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 7bd4e5367d0940ccec4d7546bb6bd019ab2c71aa | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 7db47e737128b3585ae679b709b85f3f44cd8750 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < ac01416d477c2dc6016782635ae022f8cc634a29 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 8cfc8cec1b4da88a47c243a11f384baefd092a50 | < 5.4.301 | < 5.10.246 | < 5.15.195 | < 6.1.157 | < 6.6.113 | < 6.12.54 | < 6.17.4

3 vendors · 85 products

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