CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-40202

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's IPMI driver, there is a problem with the user message limit, leading to incorrect counting and use-after-free. Code restructuring fixes these issues.

Risk Assessment

A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to cause a kernel panic or potentially escalate privileges.

Recommendation

Apply the kernel patch for IPMI. Update the kernel to a version containing the fix for CVE-2025-40202.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipmi: Rework user message limit handling The limit on the number of user messages had a number of issues, improper counting in some cases and a use after free. Restructure how this is all done to handle more in the receive message allocation routine, so all refcouting and user message limit counts are done in that routine. It's a lot cleaner and safer.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS