CVE-2025-38493

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.1% 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

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

2025-07-28 11:22Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 21:29Z3 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-131Incorrect Calculation of Buffer SizeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

628f2d46e2e22bee2cd506c7b5a5b594a8beac0c912b6e4ac7bdae8b8f99fba5

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/823d798900481875ba6c68217af028c5ffd2976b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bb9ea515cda027c9e717e27fefcf34f092e7c41
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf90f5aa7ac7cddc69148a71d58f12c8709ce2b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/85a3bce695b361d85fc528e6fbb33e4c8089c806