What is CVE-2025-38002?

CVE-2025-38002 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and patched in 6.14.8 and 6.15. CVE-2025-38002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38002?

CVE-2025-38002 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-38002?

Yes, CVE-2025-38002 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.14.8 and 6.15. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38002 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38002

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/fdinfo: grab ctx->uring_lock around io_uring_show_fdinfo() Not everything requires locking in there, which is why the 'has_lock' variable exists. But enough does that it's a bit unwieldy to manage. Wrap the whole thing in a ->uring_lock trylock, and just return with no output if we fail to grab it. The existing trylock() will already have greatly diminished utility/output for the failure case. This fixes an issue with reading the SQE fields, if the ring is being actively resized at the same time.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-06

Last modified 2025-11-14

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.14.8, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.13

Fixed in

✓ 6.14.8 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38002 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Project-Zero
https://project-zero.issues.chromium.org/issues/417522668

Exploit Issue Tracking
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bdb7d2ec2e31c46c45d1f32667dfa8216a72705e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d871198ee431d90f5308d53998c1ba1d5db5619a
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38002

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-06

Modified 2025-11-14

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38002?

CVE-2025-38002 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and has been patched in 6.14.8 and 6.15. CVE-2025-38002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38002?

CVE-2025-38002 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-38002?

Yes — CVE-2025-38002 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.14.8 and 6.15. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38002 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38002 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.