CVE-2025-38216

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

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

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 6.6% 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 2026-10-15.

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

2026-10-15 21:52Z13 DAYS AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 8.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-628Function Call with Incorrectly Specified ArgumentsBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

1cf7d95394bbc3eba4e9d3b08e265fd0ade20e7c1ec0b14e5690617f5dd4c1f4

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb5873b779dd5858123c19bbd6959566771e2e83
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d43c81b691813e16a2d08208ce8947aebdab83cd
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/320302baed05c6456164652541f23d2a96522c06