CVE-2025-38653

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

2025-08-22 16:00Z1 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

ac6389eea215704ad68ebb69c958c58ef3e2846f48c5ea88bd2e55cd46a11f91

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c35b0feb80b48720dfbbf4e33759c7be3faaebb6
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c778ea0bd0fa62ff590497e72562ff90f82b13
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1072d934f687e1221d685cf1a49a5068318f34
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d136502e04d8853a9aecb335d07bbefd7a1519a8
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fccbfbae1dd36198dc47feac696563244ad81d3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff7ec8dc1b646296f8d94c39339e8d3833d16c05
• lists.debian.orghttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html