What is CVE-2025-40342?

CVE-2025-40342 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.10 onward and patched in 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 and others. CVE-2025-40342 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-40342?

CVE-2025-40342 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-2025-40342?

Yes, CVE-2025-40342 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-40342 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-40342 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-40342

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-fc: use lock accessing port_state and rport state nvme_fc_unregister_remote removes the remote port on a lport object at any point in time when there is no active association. This races with with the reconnect logic, because nvme_fc_create_association is not taking a lock to check the port_state and atomically increase the active count on the rport.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-12-09

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 4.10 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.117, 6.12.58, 6.17.8, 6.18 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.10

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.247 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.197 5.15.x ✓ 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

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-40342

Severity High

CVSS score 8.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-12-09

Modified 2026-07-30

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-40342?

CVE-2025-40342 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.10 onward and has been patched in 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 and others. CVE-2025-40342 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-40342?

CVE-2025-40342 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-2025-40342?

Yes. CVE-2025-40342 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.10 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-40342 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-40342 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.