🛡️ CVE-2025-40271 on Debian 13 (Root.io) — linux

🟠 CVSS 8.0 — High ✅ No Known Exploit OSV
8.0
CVSS Score
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Description

CVE-2025-40271 in linux - Patched by Root

Root has patched CVE-2025-40271 in the linux package for Root:Debian:13. Multiple fixed versions available.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2025-40271 as tracked by Debian 13 (Root.io), for the package linux. The fix is available in version 6.12.101-1.aikido.157; earlier versions remain affected.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high. (rating taken from the base CVE record.)

Affected software

ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-13-CVE-2025-40271 is recorded against 2 packages.

  • linux (fixed in 6.12.101-1.aikido.157)
  • rootio-linux (fixed in 6.12.101-1.aikido.157)

Timeline and source

Published on 7 August 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

CVE-2025-40271 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 8.0
CVSS Vector N/A
CWE N/A
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source OSV
Published 2026-08-07
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-08-07
Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
linux — 6.12.101-1.aikido.157
rootio-linux — 6.12.101-1.aikido.157

References

N/A

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