CVE-2025-40356 Vulnerability Analysis & Exploit Details

CVE-2025-40356
Vulnerability Scoring

Analysis In Progress
Analysis In Progress

Attack Complexity Details

  • Attack Complexity:
    Attack Complexity Analysis In Progress
  • Attack Vector:
    Attack Vector Under Analysis
  • Privileges Required: None
    No authentication is required for exploitation.
  • Scope:
    Impact is confined to the initially vulnerable component.
  • User Interaction: None
    No user interaction is necessary for exploitation.

CVE-2025-40356 Details

Status: Deferred

Last updated: 🕧 15 Apr 2026, 00:35 UTC
Originally published on: 🕑 16 Dec 2025, 14:15 UTC

Time between publication and last update: 119 days

CVSS Release:

CVE-2025-40356 Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2025-40356: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: rockchip-sfc: Fix DMA-API usage Use DMA-API dma_map_single() call for getting the DMA address of the transfer buffer instead of hacking with virt_to_phys(). This fixes the following DMA-API debug warning: ------------[ cut here ]------------ DMA-API: rockchip-sfc fe300000.spi: device driver tries to sync DMA memory it has not allocated [device address=0x000000000cf70000] [size=288 bytes] WARNING: kernel/dma/debug.c:1106 at check_sync+0x1d8/0x690, CPU#2: systemd-udevd/151 Modules linked in: ... Hardware name: Hardkernel ODROID-M1 (DT) pstate: 604000c9 (nZCv daIF +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : check_sync+0x1d8/0x690 lr : check_sync+0x1d8/0x690 .. Call trace: check_sync+0x1d8/0x690 (P) debug_dma_sync_single_for_cpu+0x84/0x8c __dma_sync_single_for_cpu+0x88/0x234 rockchip_sfc_exec_mem_op+0x4a0/0x798 [spi_rockchip_sfc] spi_mem_exec_op+0x408/0x498 spi_nor_read_data+0x170/0x184 spi_nor_read_sfdp+0x74/0xe4 spi_nor_parse_sfdp+0x120/0x11f0 spi_nor_sfdp_init_params_deprecated+0x3c/0x8c spi_nor_scan+0x690/0xf88 spi_nor_probe+0xe4/0x304 spi_mem_probe+0x6c/0xa8 spi_probe+0x94/0xd4 really_probe+0xbc/0x298 ...

Assessing the Risk of CVE-2025-40356

Access Complexity Graph

The exploitability of CVE-2025-40356 depends on two key factors: attack complexity (the level of effort required to execute an exploit) and privileges required (the access level an attacker needs).

Exploitability Analysis for CVE-2025-40356

No exploitability data is available for CVE-2025-40356.

Understanding AC and PR

A lower complexity and fewer privilege requirements make exploitation easier. Security teams should evaluate these aspects to determine the urgency of mitigation strategies, such as patch management and access control policies.

Attack Complexity (AC) measures the difficulty in executing an exploit. A high AC means that specific conditions must be met, making an attack more challenging, while a low AC means the vulnerability can be exploited with minimal effort.

Privileges Required (PR) determine the level of system access necessary for an attack. Vulnerabilities requiring no privileges are more accessible to attackers, whereas high privilege requirements limit exploitation to authorized users with elevated access.

CVSS Score Breakdown Chart

Above is the CVSS Sub-score Breakdown for CVE-2025-40356, illustrating how Base, Impact, and Exploitability factors combine to form the overall severity rating. A higher sub-score typically indicates a more severe or easier-to-exploit vulnerability.

CIA Impact Analysis

Below is the Impact Analysis for CVE-2025-40356, showing how Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability might be affected if the vulnerability is exploited. Higher values usually signal greater potential damage.

  • Confidentiality: None
    CVE-2025-40356 does not compromise confidentiality.
  • Integrity: None
    CVE-2025-40356 does not impact data integrity.
  • Availability: None
    CVE-2025-40356 does not affect system availability.

CVE-2025-40356 References

External References

CWE Common Weakness Enumeration

Unknown

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