Is CVE-2025-39745 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-39745 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-39745?

CVE-2025-39745 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-39745?

CVE-2025-39745 has an EPSS score of 0.14% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-39745?

Upgrade linux kernel to 6.16.2 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-39745

MEDIUM

5.5

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rcutorture: Fix rcutorture_one_extend_check() splat in RT kernels For built with CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT=y kernels, running rcutorture tests resulted in the following splat: [ 68.797425] rcutorture_one_extend_check during change: Current 0x1 To add 0x1 To remove 0x0 preempt_count() 0x0 [ 68.797533] WARNING: CPU: 2 PID: 512 at kernel/rcu/rcutorture.c:1993 rcutorture_one_extend_check+0x419/0x560 [rcutorture] [ 68.797601] Call Trace: [ 68.797602] <TASK> [ 68.797619] ? lockdep_softirqs_off+0xa5/0x160 [ 68.797631] rcutorture_one_extend+0x18e/0xcc0 [rcutorture 2466dbd2ff34dbaa36049cb323a80c3306ac997c] [ 68.797646] ? local_clock+0x19/0x40 [ 68.797659] rcu_torture_one_read+0xf0/0x280 [rcutorture 2466dbd2ff34dbaa36049cb323a80c3306ac997c] [ 68.797678] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_one_read+0x10/0x10 [rcutorture 2466dbd2ff34dbaa36049cb323a80c3306ac997c] [ 68.797804] ? __pfx_rcu_torture_timer+0x10/0x10 [rcutorture 2466dbd2ff34dbaa36049cb323a80c3306ac997c] [ 68.797815] rcu-torture: rcu_torture_reader task started [ 68.797824] rcu-torture: Creating rcu_torture_reader task [ 68.797824] rcu_torture_reader+0x238/0x580 [rcutorture 2466dbd2ff34dbaa36049cb323a80c3306ac997c] [ 68.797836] ? kvm_sched_clock_read+0x15/0x30 Disable BH does not change the SOFTIRQ corresponding bits in preempt_count() for RT kernels, this commit therefore use softirq_count() to check the if BH is disabled.

How to fix

Remediation Available

linux kernelNVD

Affected:>= 6.16, < 6.16.2Fixed in:6.16.2CVE-2025-39745derived from NVD

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.14%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2025-11-25.