What is CVE-2025-38125?

CVE-2025-38125 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 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.120 and others. CVE-2025-38125 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38125?

CVE-2025-38125 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-2025-38125?

Yes, CVE-2025-38125 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.120 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-2025-38125 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38125 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38125

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: stmmac: make sure that ptp_rate is not 0 before configuring EST If the ptp_rate recorded earlier in the driver happens to be 0, this bogus value will propagate up to EST configuration, where it will trigger a division by 0. Prevent this division by 0 by adding the corresponding check and error code.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-03

Last modified 2026-03-17

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 5.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.120, 6.12.34, 6.15.3, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.6

Fixed in

✓ 5.15.199 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.162 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.120 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.34 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.3 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38125 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/451ee661d0f6272017fa012f99617101aa8ddf2c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b15c9a21950e1af6d440ce5a8edfa8a94b9acb9b
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b92ec4a848728460f181def33735605f154d438f
Patch

6 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38125

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-03

Modified 2026-03-17

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38125?

CVE-2025-38125 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 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.120 and others. CVE-2025-38125 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38125?

CVE-2025-38125 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-2025-38125?

Yes — CVE-2025-38125 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.15.199, 6.1.162, 6.6.120 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-2025-38125 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38125 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.