CVE-2025-38554

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

0.16% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.9% 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

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-07-30.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2025-08-19 17:02Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:02Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

399807e47245d08554042dcbf2ac553144420cea70d591d8bdd8debcf29e12b4

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e88fe54721dee17d3496bc998f0c7d243896348
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bcd236a2536a451e385f8d6d2bb589689ec812f
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9bbffee67ffd16360179327b57f3b1245579ef08