CVE-2025-38517

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

0.14% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 4.1% 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

2025-08-16 10:55Z1 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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase
• CWE-414Missing Lock CheckBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

089f67346392249811ed5324238ece30d960e15eb24b83174fad04216ce30465

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/febc0b5dbabda414565bdfaaaa59d26f787d5fe7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22bf79c0c2301b6e15a688220284b147774d277e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99af22cd34688cc0d535a1919e0bea4cbc6c1ea1