CVE-2025-38352

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2025-09-04. Federal remediation due 2025-09-25.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active 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

1.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 67.9% 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

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

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2025-07-22 08:04Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:01Z1 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-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase
• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e3254427c59de60aa0f458aed9647cac0c0075f12c5fb78e560c1e6f6f5dc4fd

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78a4b8e3795b31dae58762bc091bb0f4f74a2200
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c076635b3a42771ace7d276de8dc3bc76ee2ba1b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2f3daa04a9328220de46f0d5c919a6c0073a9f0b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/764a7a5dfda23f69919441f2eac2a83e7db6e5bb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c72fe18cc5f9f1750f5bc148cf1c94c29e106ff
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c29d5318708e67ac13c1b6fc1007d179fb65b4d7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/460188bc042a3f40f72d34b9f7fc6ee66b0b757b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f90fff1e152dedf52b932240ebbd670d83330eca
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2025-38352government-resource
• github.comhttps://github.com/farazsth98/chronomalyexploit
• 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