CVE-2025-38724

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 30.5% 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 15:33Z1 YR AGO

Last updated

2026-08-05 12:04Z1 MO AGO

Reserved

2025-04-16

Assigning CNA

Linux

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Critical (CVSS 9.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-416Use After FreeVariant
• CWE-367Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race ConditionBase

Data version

5.2

Document digest

38ddc3e74734e200c7bd6a1de7273f4e037bc9873c217cde66c4a01d0f51c321

• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f252a73e81aa01660cb426735eab932e6182e8d
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d35ac850410966010e92f401f4e21868a9ea4d8b
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3aac6cf390d8b80e1d82975faf4ac61175519c0
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/22f45cedf281e6171817c8a3432c44d788c550e1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71abd1ae4e0413707cd42b10c24a11d1aa71772
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74ad36ed60df561a303a19ecef400c7096b20306
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36e83eda90e0e4ac52f259f775b40b2841f8a0a3
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/571a5e46c71490285d2d8c06f6b5a7cbf6c7edd1
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/908e4ead7f757504d8b345452730636e298cbf68
• 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
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
• cert-portal.siemens.comhttps://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html