CVE-2025-38703

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 6.2% 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

2025-09-04 15:32Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:04Z1 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
• CWE-826Premature Release of Resource During Expected LifetimeBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

682991ea0de9c823e138cc03b405911fad5499759f95ae399b3ba304eeb10a1d

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b17fcce70733c211cb5dabf54f4f9491920b1d92
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ba37807d08bae67de6139346a85650cab5f6145a
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/683b0e397dad9f26a42dcacf6f7f545a77ce6c06
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bd90e700b4285e6a7541e00f969cab0d696adde