Vulnerability · CVE-2025-40364
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers io_req_prep_async() can import provided buffers, commit th
Published Apr 18, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40364. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.28%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux c7fb19428d67dd0a2a78a4f237af01d39c78dc5a <a94592ec30ff67dc36c424327f1e0a9ceeeb9bd3
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers io_req_prep_async() can import provided buffers, commit the ring state by giving up on that before, it'll be reimported later if needed.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Linux Linux c7fb19428d67dd0a2a78a4f237af01d39c78dc5a <a94592ec30ff67dc36c424327f1e0a9ceeeb9bd3c7fb19428d67dd0a2a78a4f237af01d39c78dc5a <a94592ec30ff67dc36c424327f1e0a9ceeeb9bd3
How to fix CVE-2025-40364
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?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-40364. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux c7fb19428d67dd0a2a78a4f237af01d39c78dc5a <a94592ec30ff67dc36c424327f1e0a9ceeeb9bd3 c7fb19428d67dd0a2a78a4f237af01d39c78dc5a <a94592ec30ff67dc36c424327f1e0a9ceeeb9bd3. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. 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.
Apr 18, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers io_req_prep_async() can import provided buffers, commit the ring state by giving up on that before, it'll be reimported later if needed.
Aug 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers io_req_prep_async() can import provided buffers, commit the ring state by giving up on that before, it'll be reimported later if needed.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-40364
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-40364
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-11841
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring: fix io_req_prep_async with provided buffers io_req_prep_async() can import provided buffers, commit the ring state by giving up on that before, it'll be reimported later if needed.
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.