What is CVE-2025-38225?

CVE-2025-38225 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.13 onward and patched in 6.1.143, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. CVE-2025-38225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38225?

CVE-2025-38225 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-2025-38225?

Yes, CVE-2025-38225 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.143, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38225 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38225

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imx-jpeg: Cleanup after an allocation error When allocation failures are not cleaned up by the driver, further allocation errors will be false-positives, which will cause buffers to remain uninitialized and cause NULL pointer dereferences. Ensure proper cleanup of failed allocations to prevent these issues.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-04

Last modified 2025-12-18

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2025-38225 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.143, 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.13

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.143 6.1.x ✓ 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-2025-38225 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0ee9469f818a0b4de3c0e7aecd733c103820d181
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6d0efe7d35c75394f32ff9d0650a007642d23857
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7500bb9cf164edbb2c8117d57620227b1a4a8369
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38225

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-04

Modified 2025-12-18

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38225?

CVE-2025-38225 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.13 onward and has been patched in 6.1.143, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. CVE-2025-38225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38225?

CVE-2025-38225 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-2025-38225?

Yes — CVE-2025-38225 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.143, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38225 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38225 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.