Vulnerability · CVE-2025-40056
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check The return value of copy_to_iter can't be negative, check whe
Published Oct 28, 2025 · catalog updated May 11, 2026 · Linux Linux
Open the advisory
Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-40056. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Linux Linux with the linked advisory before you change production.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- EPSS is missing. A missing score is not a low risk.
- Severity
- None0.0
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- Not in the current FIRST EPSS dataset
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 309bba39c945ac8ab8083ac05cd6cfe5822968e0 <bd71e7e0a612740e4de5524880c7cd40293af5f7
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check The return value of copy_to_iter can't be negative, check whether the copied length is equal to the requested length instead of checking for negative values.
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- vendor Linux Linux 309bba39c945ac8ab8083ac05cd6cfe5822968e0 <bd71e7e0a612740e4de5524880c7cd40293af5f7309bba39c945ac8ab8083ac05cd6cfe5822968e0 <bd71e7e0a612740e4de5524880c7cd40293af5f7
How to fix CVE-2025-40056
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
Exploitation likelihood is not on this record for CVE-2025-40056. A missing EPSS score is not a low risk. Compare Linux Linux with the linked advisory before you change production.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 309bba39c945ac8ab8083ac05cd6cfe5822968e0 <bd71e7e0a612740e4de5524880c7cd40293af5f7 309bba39c945ac8ab8083ac05cd6cfe5822968e0 <bd71e7e0a612740e4de5524880c7cd40293af5f7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS is absent from the current FIRST dataset. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Oct 28, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check The return value of copy_to_iter can't be negative, check whether the copied length is equal to the requested length instead of checking for negative values.
May 11, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check The return value of copy_to_iter can't be negative, check whether the copied length is equal to the requested length instead of checking for negative values.
Sources
- EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-36472
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: vringh: Fix copy_to_iter return value check The return value of copy_to_iter can't be negative, check whether the copied length is equal to the requested length instead of checking for negative values.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 23, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.