CVE-2025-38618

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

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

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 6.0% 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

2025-08-22 13:01Z1 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-416Use After FreeVariant

Data version

5.2

Document digest

79b592f927ec65d0878b8030fe8585c0aa91fce6500bafe1abd9ce3d4adac2cd

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c04a2c1ca25b9b23104124d3b2d349d934e302de
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d1a5b1964cef42727668ac0d8532dae4f8c19386
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cf86704798c1b9c46fa59dfc2d662f57d1394d79
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f138be5d7f301fddad4e65ec66dfc3ceebf79be3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/44bd006d5c93f6a8f28b106cbae2428c5d0275b7
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32950b1907919be86a7a2697d6f93d57068b3865
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f01093646b49f6330bb2d36761983fd829472b1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d73960f0cf03ef1dc9e96ec7a20e538accc26d87
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aba0c94f61ec05315fa7815d21aefa4c87f6a9f4
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html