What is CVE-2025-40318?

CVE-2025-40318 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.1.120 onward and patched in 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58 and others. CVE-2025-40318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-40318?

CVE-2025-40318 has a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-40318?

Yes, CVE-2025-40318 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.120 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-40318 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-40318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-40318

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: hci_sync: fix race in hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once hci_cmd_sync_dequeue_once() does lookup and then cancel the entry under two separate lock sections. Meanwhile, hci_cmd_sync_work() can also delete the same entry, leading to double list_del() and "UAF". Fix this by holding cmd_sync_work_lock across both lookup and cancel, so that the entry cannot be removed concurrently.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-08

Last modified 2026-07-30

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

8.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Adjacent

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.1.120, 6.6.51, 6.8.9, 6.9 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58, 6.17.8, 6.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.1.120 ≥ 6.6.51 ≥ 6.8.9 ≥ 6.9

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.159 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.117 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.58 6.12.x ✓ 6.17.8 6.17.x ✓ 6.18

References

5 total

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-40318

Severity High

CVSS score 8.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-12-08

Modified 2026-07-30

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40318?

CVE-2025-40318 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.1.120 onward and has been patched in 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58 and others. CVE-2025-40318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-40318?

CVE-2025-40318 has a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-40318?

Yes. CVE-2025-40318 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.1.120 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-40318 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-40318 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.