CVE-2025-40036 | misc: fastrpc: fix possible map leak in fastrpc_put_args

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: misc: fastrpc: fix possible map leak in fastrpc_put_args copy_to_user() failure would cause an early return without cleaning up the fdlist, which has been updated by the DSP. This could lead to map leak. Fix this by redirecting to a cleanup path on failure, ensuring that all mapped buffers are properly released before returning.

Published: 2025-10-28 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40036 is rated Low Risk (9.5/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-40036

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-03-26 0.05% 0.03% -0.02%
2 2026-02-27 0.02% 0.05% +0.03%
3 2025-10-28 0.02%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40036

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

No CVSS data in dataset for this CVE.

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40036

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40036

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40036 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5, open 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40036
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40036
suse medium CVE-2025-40036 severity moderate: SUSE including 490 source package names (13.2-6.19:libjitterentropy3-3.4.1-3.1, 13.2-6.19:libopenssl3-3.1.4-6.1, …), 1129 product×package rows across 226 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (226 product lines)): Fixed 676, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 201, First Fixed 21. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40036/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40036 medium priority: Ubuntu including 157 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1405 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1010, ignored 177, released 127, needed 62, not-affected 27, pending 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40036

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40036

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-40036

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