CVE-2025-38609

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 5.3% 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

Analyzed. 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 17:03Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 21:31Z3 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-476NULL Pointer DereferenceBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

99510539b358c2d55bb591db542e000b1fe430524983e90fded0c90c7b2f2b18

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f0479e878d4beb45e73c03e574c59f0a23ccd176
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/631e101728df2a86b8fb761b49fad9712c651f8a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81f50619370045120c133bfdda5b320c8c97d41e
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5632359dbc44862fc1ed04093c1f57529830261
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2731c68f536fddcb71332db7f8d78c5eb4684c04
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75323a49aa603cf5484a6d74d0d329e86d756e11
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bab7834c03820eb11269bc48f07c3800192460d2
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html