What is CVE-2025-38043?

CVE-2025-38043 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and patched in 5.15.185, 6.1.141, 6.6.93 and others. CVE-2025-38043 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38043?

CVE-2025-38043 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-2025-38043?

Yes, CVE-2025-38043 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.185, 6.1.141, 6.6.93 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38043 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38043 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38043

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: firmware: arm_ffa: Set dma_mask for ffa devices Set dma_mask for FFA devices, otherwise DMA allocation using the device pointer lead to following warning: WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 1 at kernel/dma/mapping.c:597 dma_alloc_attrs+0xe0/0x124

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-12-17

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 5.14 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.185, 6.1.141, 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.14

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.185 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.141 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.93 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.31 6.12.x ✓ 6.14.9 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

7 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e62c803feec1ef5847d8fa47dd0de039abfa378

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3a3efeef64364c2a028cf0d03d68c831813a97fd

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97bab02f0b64ba6bcdf6a8fae561db07f509aee9

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c6aa1d6bd6ccff4ecdf064d288817657ec8532f0

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc0aac7ca17e0ea3ca84b552fc79f3e86fd07f53

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38043

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-12-17

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38043?

CVE-2025-38043 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.14 onward and has been patched in 5.15.185, 6.1.141, 6.6.93 and others. CVE-2025-38043 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38043?

CVE-2025-38043 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-2025-38043?

Yes. CVE-2025-38043 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.185, 6.1.141, 6.6.93 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.14 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38043 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-38043 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.