CVE-2025-40081
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
perf: arm_spe: Prevent overflow in PERF_IDX2OFF()
Cast nr_pages to unsigned long to avoid overflow when handling large AUX buffer sizes (>= 2 GiB).
CVSS
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.15%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 4
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
🎯 Técnicas ATT&CK
Cómo se explota esta vulnerabilidad y qué consigue el atacante, en el lenguaje de MITRE ATT&CK.
- Explotación
T1068Exploitation for Privilege Escalationprivilege escalation85 % - Impacto principal
T1499.004Application or System Exploitationimpact70 %
Vulnerabilidad de overflow en kernel Linux (AV:L, PR:L) que permite escalada de privilegios mediante buffer AUX corrupto en arm_spe; potencial DoS local por corrupción de memoria.
Inferido por nuestro agente de análisis a partir de la descripción oficial, el vector CVSS y la CWE, y comprobado por un supervisor. Puede contener errores.
🛡️ Mitigaciones ATT&CK que cubren estas técnicas
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
⚠ Inferidas por IA a partir de la descripción — NVD aún no ha analizado esta CVE; no son CPE verificados.
Referencias
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a19ba8e1f4ff24ece8ca69b79df8442c431db90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/379cae2cb982f571cda9493ac573ab71125fd299
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d01f2b81568289443d22f1e13a363f829de6343
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/656e9a5d69acdd1b20462f4a33378b90ddcb9626
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7500384d3c9587593d75ded3b006835e7aa73ef8
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c045d4501f7f70724a3bbb561f4f22d292bbfe6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a29fea30dd93da16652930162b177941abd8c75e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e516cfd19b0f4c774a57b17fb43a7f41991f0735
JSON original (NVD)
Mostrar
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