CVE-2025-38459

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

Ranks above 6.9% 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 2026-06-17.

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

2025-07-25 15:27Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-06-11 17:53Z2 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-674Uncontrolled RecursionClass
• CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
• CWE-835Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop')Base

Data version

5.2

Document digest

4690c319b26ee943226ffe672fe12c9e040740ca40dadd5824de3c4c2f528b20

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f493f31a63847624fd3199ac836a8bd8828e50e2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/125166347d5676466d368aadc0bbc31ee7714352
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5641019dfbaee5e85fe093b590f0451c9dd4d6f8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1579a2777cb914a249de22c789ba4d41b154509f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f61b997fe014bbfcc208a9fcbd363a1fe7e3a31
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/024876b247a882972095b22087734dcd23396a4e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df0312d8859763aa15b8b56ac151a1ea4a4e5b88
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c489f3283dbfc0f3c00c312149cae90d27552c45
• 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