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CVE-2025-40028

7.8 · HIGH
Published Oct 28, 2025 EPSS 0.14% (4th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2025-40028 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on October 28, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

binder: fix double-free in dbitmap

A process might fail to allocate a new bitmap when trying to expand its

proc->dmap. In that case, dbitmap_grow() fails and frees the old bitmap

via dbitmap_free(). However, the driver calls dbitmap_free() again when

the same process terminates, leading to a double-free error:

==================================================================

BUG: KASAN: double-free in binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c

Free of addr ffff00000b7c1420 by task kworker/9:1/209

CPU: 9 UID: 0 PID: 209 Comm: kworker/9:1 Not tainted 6.17.0-rc6-dirty #5 PREEMPT

Hardware name: linux,dummy-virt (DT)

Workqueue: events binder_deferred_func

Call trace:

kfree+0x164/0x31c

binder_proc_dec_tmpref+0x2e0/0x55c

binder_deferred_func+0xc24/0x1120

process_one_work+0x520/0xba4

[...]

Allocated by task 448:

__kmalloc_noprof+0x178/0x3c0

bitmap_zalloc+0x24/0x30

binder_open+0x14c/0xc10

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-40028?

CVE-2025-40028 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on October 28, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2025-40028?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-40028?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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