In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: smb/server: fix possible memory leak in smb2_read() Memory leak occurs when ksmbd_vfs_read() fails. Fix this by adding the missing kvfree().
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40286 is rated Low Risk (17.5/100): 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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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 | 2026-05-16 | 0.04% | 0.06% | +0.01% |
| 2 | 2026-05-04 | 0.05% | 0.04% | -0.01% |
| 3 | 2026-04-07 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-40286 unimportant 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-2025-40286 |
redhat
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— | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40286 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-40286 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 297 product×package rows across 57 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP3, … (57 product lines)): Known Not Affected 297. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40286/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-40286 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 182, released 126, needed 82, not-affected 3, pending 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40286 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| No affected products in dataset. | |||