What is CVE-2025-38195?

CVE-2025-38195 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.6.89 onward and patched in 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. CVE-2025-38195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38195?

CVE-2025-38195 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-2025-38195?

Yes, CVE-2025-38195 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.89 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38195 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38195

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: Fix panic caused by NULL-PMD in huge_pte_offset() ERROR INFO: CPU 25 Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0x0 ... Call Trace: [<900000000023c30c>] huge_pte_offset+0x3c/0x58 [<900000000057fd4c>] hugetlb_follow_page_mask+0x74/0x438 [<900000000051fee8>] __get_user_pages+0xe0/0x4c8 [<9000000000522414>] faultin_page_range+0x84/0x380 [<9000000000564e8c>] madvise_vma_behavior+0x534/0xa48 [<900000000056689c>] do_madvise+0x1bc/0x3e8 [<9000000000566df4>] sys_madvise+0x24/0x38 [<90000000015b9e88>] do_syscall+0x78/0x98 [<9000000000221f18>] handle_syscall+0xb8/0x158 In some cases, pmd may be NULL and rely on NULL as the return value for processing, so it is necessary to determine this situation here.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-04

Last modified 2025-11-19

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 6.6.89, 6.12.26, 6.1.136, 6.14.5, 6.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.6.89 ≥ 6.12.26 ≥ 6.1.136 ≥ 6.14.5 ≥ 6.15

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-2025-38195 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/985f086f281b7bbb6644851e63af1a17ffff9277
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b427d98d55217b53c88643579fbbd8a4c351a105
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b5c7397b7fd125203c60b59860c168ee92291272
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38195

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 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-2025-38195?

CVE-2025-38195 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.6.89 onward and has been patched in 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. CVE-2025-38195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38195?

CVE-2025-38195 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-2025-38195?

Yes — CVE-2025-38195 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.6.89 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38195 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38195 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.