What is CVE-2025-38041?

CVE-2025-38041 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.12 onward and patched in 6.14.9 and 6.15. CVE-2025-38041 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38041?

CVE-2025-38041 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-2025-38041?

Yes, CVE-2025-38041 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.14.9 and 6.15. If you are running Linux kernel 5.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38041 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38041 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38041

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: sunxi-ng: h616: Reparent GPU clock during frequency changes The H616 manual does not state that the GPU PLL supports dynamic frequency configuration, so we must take extra care when changing the frequency. Currently any attempt to do device DVFS on the GPU lead to panfrost various ooops, and GPU hangs. The manual describes the algorithm for changing the PLL frequency, which the CPU PLL notifier code already support, so we reuse that to reparent the GPU clock to GPU1 clock during frequency changes.

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 5.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.14.9, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.12

Fixed in

✓ 6.14.9 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38041 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/1439673b78185eaaa5fae444b3a9d58c434ee78e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb963d7948ce6571939c6875424b557b25f16610
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38041

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-2025-38041?

CVE-2025-38041 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.12 onward and has been patched in 6.14.9 and 6.15. CVE-2025-38041 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38041?

CVE-2025-38041 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-2025-38041?

Yes — CVE-2025-38041 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.14.9 and 6.15. If you are running Linux kernel 5.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38041 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38041 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.