CVE-2025-38593

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

0.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.3% 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

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 17:03Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:03Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-415Double FreeVariant
• CWE-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

06d7aec652ced8ba335e7d9c408aa8bf9d91a55035d07d4b769c4bea89a97747

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• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16852eccbdfaf41a666705e3f8be55cf2864c5ca
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a351ff6b8ecca4229afaa0d98042bead8de64799
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f8069f34c4c976786ded97498012225af87435d7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2935e556850e9c94d7a00adf14d3cd7fe406ac03