What is CVE-2025-38045?

CVE-2025-38045 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.16 onward and patched in 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9 and others. CVE-2025-38045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38045?

CVE-2025-38045 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-2025-38045?

Yes, CVE-2025-38045 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38045 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38045

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: fix debug actions order The order of actions taken for debug was implemented incorrectly. Now we implemented the dump split and do the FW reset only in the middle of the dump (rather than the FW killing itself on error.) As a result, some of the actions taken when applying the config will now crash the device, so we need to fix the order.

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

Affected from

≥ 5.16

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.93 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.31 6.12.x ✓ 6.14.9 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38045 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/181e8b56b74ad3920456dcdc8a361520d9007956
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2b790fe67ed483d86c1aeb8be6735bf792caa7e5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/328fbc96ecbee16c5fcbfcb3ac57b476f94da2f0
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38045

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-2025-38045?

CVE-2025-38045 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.16 onward and has been patched in 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9 and others. CVE-2025-38045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38045?

CVE-2025-38045 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-2025-38045?

Yes — CVE-2025-38045 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.16 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38045 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38045 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.