CVE-2025-40021
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tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent Since dynamic_events interface on tracefs is compatible with kprobe_events and uprobe_events, it should also check the lockdown status and reject if it is set.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
October 24, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-40021
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tracing: dynevent: Add a missing lockdown check on dynevent Since dynamic_events interface on tracefs is compatible with kprobe_events and uprobe_events, it should also check the lockdown status and reject if it is set.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07b1f63b5f86765793fab44d3d4c2be681cddafb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0d41604d2d53c1abe27fefb54b37a8f6642a4d74
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3887f3814c0e770e6b73567fe0f83a2c01a6470c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/456c32e3c4316654f95f9d49c12cbecfb77d5660
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/573b1e39edfcb7b4eecde0f1664455a1f4462eee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b47c4e06687a5a7b6c6ef4bd303fcfe4430b26bb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3ac1f4eaba58e57943efa3e8b8d71fa7aab0abf
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/40xxx/CVE-2025-40021.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-40021