CVE-2025-38561

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 ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total 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

0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 35.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

4.7 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/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

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

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-362Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')Class

Data version

5.2

Document digest

c5c7200219884745a708f48652e608acc65e04388b617e90a29da54512ba383e

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fbf5c0845ed15122a770bca9be1d9b60b470d3aa
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b69fd87076daa66f3d186bd421a7b0ee0cb45829
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/edeecc7871e8fc0878d53ce286c75040a0e38f6c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d7c0c5304c88bcbd7a85e9bcd61d27e998ba5fc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6613887da1d18dd2ecfd6c6148a873c4d903ebdc
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44a3059c4c8cc635a1fb2afd692d0730ca1ba4b6
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttps://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-25-916/
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html