{"cve":"CVE-2025-40202","nvd":{"published":"2025-11-12T22:15:47.403","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Deferred","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipmi: Rework user message limit handling\n\nThe limit on the number of user messages had a number of issues,\nimproper counting in some cases and a use after free.\n\nRestructure how this is all done to handle more in the receive message\nallocation routine, so all refcouting and user message limit counts\nare done in that routine.  It's a lot cleaner and safer.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ed73be9a2547ffb9b5c1d879ad9bfab73d920b5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/348121b29594d42d1635648fd3ed31dfa25351d5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53d6e403affbf6df2c859a0ea00ccfc1e72090ca","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b52da4054ee0bf9ecb44996f2c83236ff50b3812","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f63723ca7d7623f9dae1990973cd158671f03c56"],"products":[],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-40202","score":0.00148,"percentile":0.03988,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}