#VU118500 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-40200
Published: November 13, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU118500
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-40200
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the squashfs_read_inode() function in fs/squashfs/inode.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2871c74caa3f4f05b429e6bfefebac62dbf1b408
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54170057a5fadd24a37b70de41e61d39284d9bd7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8118f66124895829443d09c207e654adcb2f9321
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/875fb3f87ae0225b881319ba016a1a8c4ffd5812
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c7aad76751816207fee556d44aa88a710824810
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f1c14c1de1bdde395f6cc893efa4f80a2ae3b2b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f271155ff31aca8ef82c61c8df23ca97e9a77dd4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbfc745db628de31f5c089147deeb87e95b89e66