CVE-2025-38500
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 | 6.1.148 |
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.41-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.16.3-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.16.3-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.148-1 |
| 11.0 | Affected | โ |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | kernel-64k-devel-matched-5.14.0-570.39.1.el9_6.aarch64.rpm |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | โ |
Rocky Linux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Fixed | โ |
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2025:15011
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38500.html
- https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2025:15011
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38500
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2365024
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2376392
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2376406
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2382054
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383509
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2383513
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2387866
- https://errata.almalinux.org/9/ALSA-2025-15011.html
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5918c3f4800a3aef2173865e5903370f21e24f47
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69a31f7a6a81f5ffd3812c442e09ff0be22960f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8d4748b954584ab7bd800f1a4e46d5b0eeb5ce4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a90b2a1aaacbcf0f91d7e4868ad6c51c5dee814b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bfebdb85496e1da21d3cf05de099210915c3e706
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
CWEs
CWE-416
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
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