CVE-2025-40087 | NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout type

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: NFSD: Define a proc_layoutcommit for the FlexFiles layout type Avoid a crash if a pNFS client should happen to send a LAYOUTCOMMIT operation on a FlexFiles layout.

Published: 2025-10-30 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40087 is rated Low Risk (6.8/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.17%). 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-2025-40087

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 2026-06-15 0.06% 0.17% +0.11%
2 2025-11-19 0.02% 0.06% +0.03%
3 2025-10-30 0.02%

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40087

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40087

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40087

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40087 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 6. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40087
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40087
suse medium CVE-2025-40087 severity moderate: SUSE including 488 source package names (13.2-6.19:libjitterentropy3-3.4.1-3.1, 13.2-6.19:libopenssl3-3.1.4-6.1, …), 991 product×package rows across 201 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (201 product lines)): Fixed 724, Known Affected 231, First Fixed 21, Known Not Affected 15. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40087/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40087 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 178, released 158, needed 45, not-affected 11, pending 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40087

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40087

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 5.4.301 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 5.10.246 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 5.15.196 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 6.1.158 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 6.6.114 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 6.12.55 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 6.17.5 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 4.8, < 6.18 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-40087

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