CVE-2025-38211

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 28.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (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:H/I:H/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 13:37Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:00Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

df7ad820e9a363d6a5c8670069c520c3e63ad4680288e3b09658f071800381ab

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/013dcdf6f03bcedbaf1669e3db71c34a197715b2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bf7eff5e3a36c54bbe8aff7fd6dd7c07490b81c5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b4a50d733acad6831f6bd9288a76a80f70650ac
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78381dc8a6b61c9bb9987d37b4d671b99767c4a1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23a707bbcbea468eedb398832eeb7e8e0ceafd21
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764c9f69beabef8bdc651a7746c59f7a340d104f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fd960b5ddf4faf00da43babdd3acda68842e1f6a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6883b680e703c6b2efddb4e7a8d891ce1803d06b
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html