{"id":"CVE-2025-40291","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring: fix regbuf vector size truncation\n\nThere is a report of io_estimate_bvec_size() truncating the calculated\nnumber of segments that leads to corruption issues","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring: fix regbuf vector size truncation\n\nThere is a report of io_estimate_bvec_size() truncating the calculated\nnumber of segments that leads to corruption issues. …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","published":"2025-12-08","updated":"2026-10-14","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-14T22:10:00.210","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40291","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/146eb58629f45f8297e83d69e64d4eea4b28d972","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/826ce37a842633efe1bb763e4b13045d74060d72","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00144,"epssPercentile":0.03295,"ingestedAt":"2026-10-14T23:00:02.015Z","slug":"CVE-2025-40291","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nio_uring: fix regbuf vector size truncation\n\nThere is a report of io_estimate_bvec_size() truncating the calculated\nnumber of segments that leads to corruption issues. Check it doesn't\noverflow \"int\"s used later. Rough but simple, can be improved on top.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}