CVE-2026-40337

Sentry kernel has incomplete ownership check for IRQ line manipulation

MEDIUM
5.1
CVSS Score
Published: April 17, 2026 at 11:51 PM UTC
Updated: October 26, 2026 at 09:10 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSentry kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.1
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
No known exploit

Description

The Sentry kernel is a high security level micro-kernel implementation made for high security embedded systems. A given task with one of the DEV or IO capability is able to interact with another task's IRQ line through the __sys_int_* syscall familly. Prior to version 0.4.7, this can lead to DoS and covert-channels between this task and the outer world. A patch is available in version 0.4.7. As a workaround, reduce tasks that have the DEV and IO capability to a single one.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.4.7
Affected range stops below 0.4.7, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

SSVCNo known exploitNot automatablePartial impact

SSVC signals action urgency (what to patch first), separate from CVSS which measures severity.

CVSS

5.1MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-283

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