CVE-2025-38169

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2025-07-03 08:36Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:00Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-368Context Switching Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

0894d8144e15920b3d20b9a54b166f3d5b9c806e8fd889a436f2e0bcaa58e5f1

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55d52af498daea75aa03ba9b7e444c8ae495ac20
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a305821f597ec943849d3e53924adb88c61ed682
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/01098d893fa8a6edb2b56e178b798e3e6b674f02