CVE-2025-38545

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

0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 19.6% 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

Low. 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 11:22Z1 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-401Missing Release of Memory after Effective LifetimeVariant
• CWE-909Missing Initialization of ResourceClass

Data version

5.2

Document digest

385c4034581cd4fef6bd6677cf918d6ecb4788bf9e4a5c3b50e2196ccd7c88e9

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc2fffa2facac15ce711e95f98f954426e025bc5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d6ca0c8c0caf9a13cae2de763bb1f2a9ea7eabb
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02c4d6c26f1f662da8885b299c224ca6628ad232