CVE-2025-38642

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

0.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 5.2% 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

2025-08-22 16:00Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-05-11 21:32Z3 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-617Reachable AssertionBase
• CWE-233Improper Handling of ParametersBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

e0d9b5b1740c3512ba0674b3ac2628485d8317a9b7551e801a8dc8587b764133

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff15498ebaa49c5429a74e70a1951dede60cd14c
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1e10ded6b0f9b0eeefaacbb6c6c6afff3f702812
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c57e5b9819dfd16d709bcd6cb633301ed0829a66