CVE-2025-40262 | Input: imx_sc_key - fix memory corruption on unload

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: imx_sc_key - fix memory corruption on unload This is supposed to be "priv" but we accidentally pass "&priv" which is an address in the stack and so it will lead to memory corruption when the imx_sc_key_action() function is called. Remove the &.

Published: 2025-12-04 Last update: 2026-06-02 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40262 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-2025-40262

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-2025-40262

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

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Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-40262

GitHub Security Advisory for CVE-2025-40262

GHSA-2m33-w232-qf59 · Severity: unknown — In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: imx_sc_key - fix...

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-40262

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2025-40262 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-2025-40262
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40262
suse medium CVE-2025-40262 severity moderate: SUSE including 471 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 1017 product×package rows across 185 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (185 product lines)): Fixed 643, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 118, First Fixed 25. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40262/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-40262 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 160, not-affected 46, needed 8, pending 3. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40262

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-40262

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
No affected products in dataset.

References for CVE-2025-40262

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