CVE-2025-38177

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.3% 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

2025-07-04 12:47Z1 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-459Incomplete CleanupBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

3a805b4bbb95c672f9c3f0e1b58aa0d64644ef181b6caffdb3a3e4a609679e8d

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9a5fd5c2f4d4afdd5e405083ee53e0789ce76956
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/72c61ffbeeb8c50f6d4d70c65d3283aa1bac57a7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a5efc95a33bd4fcb879250852828cc58c7862970
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0475c85426b18eccdcb7f9fb58d8f8e9c6c58c87
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9030a91235ae4845ec71902c3e0cecfc9ed1f2df
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d06476714d2819b550e0cc39222347e2c8941c9d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1175c4ad01dbc9c979d099861fa90a754f72059
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/51eb3b65544c9efd6a1026889ee5fb5aa62da3bb
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/08/msg00010.html