CVE-2025-38246

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

0.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 21.4% 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

2025-07-09 10:42Z1 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-464Addition of Data Structure SentinelBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

b5c50c1f62367b185b9a5a336514db16092030cb3e34928bed59c2307ff66baf

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16254aa985d14dee050564c4a3936f3dc096e1f7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6665b8f0f58082c480ed8627029f44d046ef2c8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02bf488d56df9db4f5147280b65d9011e1ab88d2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9caca6ac0e26cd20efd490d8b3b2ffb1c7c00f6f