CVE-2025-38556

Exploitation

Assessed, none found. CISA's assessment recorded neither public exploit code nor evidence of exploitation when it was made.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationnoneCISA recorded no public exploit code and no evidence of exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpactpartialSuccessful exploitation gives limited control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

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

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.1 (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:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. 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

2025-08-19 17:02Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-06-11 18:44Z2 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-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

249cb727d8e8d97377af29c91d19f7f73faf6f5f27f9f2cf57aaa24ecfeb886e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6cdf6c708717c5c6897d0800a1793e83757c7491
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eeeaba737919bdce9885e2a00ac2912f61a3684d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c86548a20d7bc2861aa4de044991a327bebad1a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/810189546cb6c8f36443ed091d91f1f5d2fc2ec7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3b504146c111548ab60b6ef7aad00bfb1db05a2
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8b4a94b1510f6a46ec48494b52ee8f67eb4fc836
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/865ad8469fa24de1559f247d9426ab01e5ce3a56
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6b87bfc2ab5bccb7ad953693c85d9062aef3fdd