CVE-2025-1272Kernel: secure boot does not automatically enable kernel lockdown
- 7.7HighCVSS base score
- 0.25%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 83% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Linux Kernel lockdown mode for kernel versions starting on 6.12 and above for Fedora Linux has the lockdown mode disabled without any warning. This may allow an attacker to gain access to sensitive information such kernel memory mappings, I/O ports, BPF and kprobes. Additionally unsigned modules can be loaded, leading to execution of untrusted code breaking breaking any Secure Boot protection. This vulnerability affects only Fedora Linux.
Timeline
ID reserved
By fedora
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 8 days later
· 8 days later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| fedoraCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Deferred | 3.1 | High7.7 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.25% · top 83% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.7.
Affected products
- affected 6.12.4-100.fc40 – < 6.12.15-100.fc40
- affected 6.12.1-200.fc41 – < 6.12.15-200.fc41
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
- unaffected 0:5.14.0-570.12.1.el9_6 – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
All versions: unaffected
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform 4
All versions: unaffected
References
References3
- RHSA-2025:6966 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-1272 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- RHBZ#2345615 (opens in a new tab)issue-trackingx_refsource_REDHAT
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-207808 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2025-1272)Record last updated .