CVE-2025-38250
high
CVSS v3
7.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
7.8
Description
Important: kernel security update
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Linux kernel Affected 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 6.16 | Affected | โ |
| โ | Affected | 6.6.97 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-debug-devel-5.14.0-570.35.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.37-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.12.37-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.12.37-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 6.1.170-1~deb11u1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.170-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 2 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | โ |
| 8 | Fixed | โ |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13962
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38250.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38250
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13960
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2360223
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2367500
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2378982
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383381
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-13960.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:13961
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2025-13961.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2355334
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2366125
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2375303
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2375304
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2376041
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2376064
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383893
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-13962.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e5c144c557df910ab64d9c25d06399a9a735e65
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1d6123102e9fbedc8d25bf4731da6d513173e49e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90dee0a0ff84fac8accd5be98412b3819f667149
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc0819a25e04cd68ef3568cfa51b63118fea39a7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c56b177efce8b62798e4d96bdb9867106cb7c4a0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ce23b73f0f27e2dbeb81734a79db710f05aa33c6
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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