In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Revert "ipmi: fix msg stack when IPMI is disconnected" This reverts commit c608966f3f9c2dca596967501d00753282b395fc. This patch has a subtle bug that can cause the IPMI driver to go into an infinite loop if the BMC misbehaves in a certain way. Apparently certain BMCs do misbehave this way because several reports have come in recently about this.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40192 is rated Low Risk (3.3/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.02%). Mandatory action: Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
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 | 2025-11-13 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (1 record total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
No CVSS data in dataset for this CVE.
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
unimportant | CVE-2025-40192 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-40192 |
redhat
|
— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40192 |
suse
|
medium | CVE-2025-40192 severity moderate: SUSE including 343 source package names (2.1.3-7.146:NetworkManager-1.42.6-slfo.1.1_2.1, 2.1.3-7.146:kernel-rt-6.4.0-40.1, …), 778 product×package rows across 115 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (115 product lines)): Fixed 331, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 195, First Fixed 21. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40192/ |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2025-40192 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 181, released 127, needed 82, not-affected 3, pending 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40192 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||