CVE-2025-38590

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

Important. 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 17:03Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:03Z1 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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e2904d2f62d34e28048f6f430fdd549ef05cc2097a25acdba39a3dbc30d12dbc

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/314f568b84b01f6eac1e4313ca47f9ade4349443
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/781a0bbf377443ef06f3248221f06cb555935530
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a5782431d84716b66302b07ff1b32fea1023bd5
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/137b12a4900eb6971b889839eab6036f72cbb217
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d19c44b5c6dd72f9a357d0399604ec16a77de3c