What is CVE-2025-38014?

CVE-2025-38014 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and patched in 6.6.92, 6.12.30, 6.14.8 and others. CVE-2025-38014 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38014?

CVE-2025-38014 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-2025-38014?

Yes, CVE-2025-38014 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.92, 6.12.30, 6.14.8 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38014 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38014 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38014

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: idxd: Refactor remove call with idxd_cleanup() helper The idxd_cleanup() helper cleans up perfmon, interrupts, internals and so on. Refactor remove call with the idxd_cleanup() helper to avoid code duplication. Note, this also fixes the missing put_device() for idxd groups, enginces and wqs.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

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 5.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.92, 6.12.30, 6.14.8, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.6

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.92 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.30 6.12.x ✓ 6.14.8 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38014 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/23dc14c52d84b02b39d816bf16a754c0e7d48f9c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a409e919ca321cc0e28f8abf96fde299f0072a81
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7bd00f7e9bd075f3e4fbcc608d8ea445aed8692
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38014

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-11-14

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38014?

CVE-2025-38014 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and has been patched in 6.6.92, 6.12.30, 6.14.8 and others. CVE-2025-38014 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38014?

CVE-2025-38014 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-2025-38014?

Yes — CVE-2025-38014 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.92, 6.12.30, 6.14.8 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.6 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38014 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38014 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.