In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task. vhost_task_create() creates a task and keeps a reference to its task_struct. That task may exit early via a signal and its task_struct will be released. A pending vhost_task_wake() will then attempt to wake the task and access a task_struct which is no longer there. Acquire a reference on the task_struct while creating the thread and release the reference while the struct vhost_task itself is removed. If the task exits early due to a signal, then the vhost_task_wake() will still access a valid task_struct. The wake is safe and will be skipped in this case.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

No CVSS v2

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00187.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Affected Vendors & Products

Vendors Products
Linux
  • Linux Kernel

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References
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ce635b3d3aba43296b62b5a2d97c008bc51cbd2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82a1463c968b1a6ae598a4f2fcef17b71bb7d3a0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/afe16653e05db07d658b55245c7a2e0603f136c0 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2be773a92874a070215b51b730cb2b1eaa8fae2 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025102404-CVE-2025-40024-8739@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40024 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-40024 cve-icon
History

Thu, 30 Jul 2026 06:15:00 +0000

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Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.8, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

Mon, 11 May 2026 22:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Mon, 27 Oct 2025 22:30:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 25 Oct 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

 cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate

Fri, 24 Oct 2025 12:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task. vhost_task_create() creates a task and keeps a reference to its task_struct. That task may exit early via a signal and its task_struct will be released. A pending vhost_task_wake() will then attempt to wake the task and access a task_struct which is no longer there. Acquire a reference on the task_struct while creating the thread and release the reference while the struct vhost_task itself is removed. If the task exits early due to a signal, then the vhost_task_wake() will still access a valid task_struct. The wake is safe and will be skipped in this case.
Title vhost: Take a reference on the task in struct vhost_task.
References
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2026-07-30T05:59:41.830Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.152Z

Link: CVE-2025-40024

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2025-10-24T13:15:47.647

Modified: 2026-06-17T09:21:08.343

Link: CVE-2025-40024

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40024 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-27T22:12:51Z