In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: fix received length check in big packets Since commit 4959aebba8c0 ("virtio-net: use mtu size as buffer length for big packets"), when guest gso is off, the allocated size for big packets is not MAX_SKB_FRAGS * PAGE_SIZE anymore but depends on negotiated MTU. The number of allocated frags for big packets is stored in vi->big_packets_num_skbfrags. Because the host announced buffer length can be malicious (e.g. the host vhost_net driver's get_rx_bufs is modified to announce incorrect length), we need a check in virtio_net receive path. Currently, the check is not adapted to the new change which can lead to NULL page pointer dereference in the below while loop when receiving length that is larger than the allocated one. This commit fixes the received length check corresponding to the new change.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-40292 is rated Low Risk (9.4/100): low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.03%). 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 | 2026-05-06 | 0.05% | 0.03% | -0.02% |
| 2 | 2026-04-09 | 0.02% | 0.05% | +0.03% |
| 3 | 2025-12-08 | — | 0.02% | — |
Full EPSS history (3 records total)
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| vendor | priority | summary | link |
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debian
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unimportant | CVE-2025-40292 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-2025-40292 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40292 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-40292 severity moderate: SUSE including 404 source package names (13.2-9.1:libsystemd0-254.23-1.1, 13.2-9.1:libudev1-254.23-1.1, …), 882 product×package rows across 142 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/baremetal-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, … (142 product lines)): Fixed 431, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 195, First Fixed 25. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-40292/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-40292 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 126, not-affected 82, needed 7, pending 2. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-40292 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
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| No affected products in dataset. | |||