CVE-2025-40253 | s390/ctcm: Fix double-kfree

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: s390/ctcm: Fix double-kfree The function 'mpc_rcvd_sweep_req(mpcginfo)' is called conditionally from function 'ctcmpc_unpack_skb'. It frees passed mpcginfo. After that a call to function 'kfree' in function 'ctcmpc_unpack_skb' frees it again. Remove 'kfree' call in function 'mpc_rcvd_sweep_req(mpcginfo)'. Bug detected by the clang static analyzer.

Published: 2025-12-04 Last update: 2026-04-15 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40253 is rated Low Risk (18.1/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). 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-2025-40253

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 2026-05-14 0.04% 0.06% +0.01%
2 2026-05-02 0.06% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2026-01-18 0.06%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-40253

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40253

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40253

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debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40253 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-2025-40253
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40253
suse medium CVE-2025-40253 severity moderate: SUSE including 107 source package names (2.1.3-6.144:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-41.1.21.18, 2.1.3-7.127:kernel-default-6.4.0-41.1, …), 180 product×package rows across 25 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (25 product lines)): Fixed 180. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40253/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40253 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 179, released 160, needed 45, not-affected 8, pending 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40253

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40253

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
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References for CVE-2025-40253

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