What is CVE-2025-38254?

CVE-2025-38254 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and patched in 6.15.5 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38254?

CVE-2025-38254 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-2025-38254?

Yes, CVE-2025-38254 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.5 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38254 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38254

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/amd/display: Add sanity checks for drm_edid_raw() When EDID is retrieved via drm_edid_raw(), it doesn't guarantee to return proper EDID bytes the caller wants: it may be either NULL (that leads to an Oops) or with too long bytes over the fixed size raw_edid array (that may lead to memory corruption). The latter was reported actually when connected with a bad adapter. Add sanity checks for drm_edid_raw() to address the above corner cases, and return EDID_BAD_INPUT accordingly. (cherry picked from commit 648d3f4d209725d51900d6a3ed46b7b600140cdf)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-09

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 6.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.15.5, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.13

Fixed in

✓ 6.15.5 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38254 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/4b63507d7cd243574753c6b91f68516d9103f1de
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6847b3b6e84ef37451c074e6a8db3fbd250c8dbf
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38254

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-09

Modified 2025-11-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38254?

CVE-2025-38254 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and has been patched in 6.15.5 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38254?

CVE-2025-38254 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-2025-38254?

Yes — CVE-2025-38254 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.5 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38254 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38254 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.