CVE-2025-1272

7.7 highEPSS 0.3%

High (7.7). EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Linux Kernel lockdown mode for kernel versions starting on 6.12 and above for Fedora Linux has the lockdown mode disabled without any warning. This may allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information such kernel memory mappings, I/O ports, BPF and kprobes. Additionally unsigned modules can be loaded, leading to execution of untrusted code breaking breaking any Secure Boot protection. This vulnerability affects only Fedora Linux.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

7.7 high

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 17% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-306
Published: 2026-02-18
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

References

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:6966
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1272
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2345615

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