CVE-2025-38526

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

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 28.6% 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

2025-08-16 11:12Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:02Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.5)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

9be3ba1630f20f50dc4ead7eff41bd0ea70e69d4646e28db8645651f890b5c4a

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27591d926191e42b2332e4bad3bcd3a49def393b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a5d64f0eec82076b2c09fee2195d640cfbe3379
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/245917d3c5ed7c6ae720302b64eac5c6f0c85177
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ce58b01ada408b372f15b7c992ed0519840e3cf