What is CVE-2025-38201?

CVE-2025-38201 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and patched in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 and others. CVE-2025-38201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38201?

CVE-2025-38201 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-2025-38201?

Yes, CVE-2025-38201 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 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-2025-38201 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38201

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nft_set_pipapo: clamp maximum map bucket size to INT_MAX Otherwise, it is possible to hit WARN_ON_ONCE in __kvmalloc_node_noprof() when resizing hashtable because __GFP_NOWARN is unset. Similar to: b541ba7d1f5a ("netfilter: conntrack: clamp maximum hashtable size to INT_MAX")

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-04

Last modified 2026-03-17

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 5.6 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163, 6.6.124, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.6

Fixed in

✓ 5.10.250 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.200 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.163 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.124 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-2025-38201 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/0ab3de047808f375a36cd345225572eb3366f3c6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fe27f97944017a9d3c5af4d6d95282bff0f1147
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4abccfb61f422300be014b8e734c63344306f009
Patch

7 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38201

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-04

Modified 2026-03-17

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38201?

CVE-2025-38201 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.6 onward and has been patched in 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 and others. CVE-2025-38201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38201?

CVE-2025-38201 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-2025-38201?

Yes — CVE-2025-38201 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.10.250, 5.15.200, 6.1.163 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-2025-38201 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38201 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.