CVE-2025-40217

kernel: pidfs: validate extensible ioctls

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.2

CVSS 3.1

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Published · December 4, 2025

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pidfs: validate extensible ioctls

Validate extensible ioctls stricter than we do now.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.1 · 5.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CWE-1287 · Improper Validation of Specified Type of Input