What is CVE-2025-38182?

CVE-2025-38182 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and patched in 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. CVE-2025-38182 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38182?

CVE-2025-38182 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-38182?

Yes, CVE-2025-38182 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38182 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38182 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38182

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ublk: santizize the arguments from userspace when adding a device Sanity check the values for queue depth and number of queues we get from userspace when adding a device.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-04

Last modified 2025-11-19

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

7.8

out of 10

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.0 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.0

Fixed in

✓ 6.6.95 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.35 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.4 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38182 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/0f8df5d6f25ac17c52a8bc6418e60a3e63130550
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3162d8235c8c4d585525cee8a59d1c180940a968
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8472855884355caf3d8e0c50adf825f83454b2
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38182

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-04

Modified 2025-11-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38182?

CVE-2025-38182 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.0 onward and has been patched in 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. CVE-2025-38182 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38182?

CVE-2025-38182 has a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, rated High severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-38182?

Yes — CVE-2025-38182 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.0 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38182 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38182 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.