What is CVE-2025-38272?

CVE-2025-38272 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and patched in 6.12.46, 6.15.3 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38272 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38272?

CVE-2025-38272 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-2025-38272?

Yes, CVE-2025-38272 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.46, 6.15.3 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38272 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38272 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38272

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: b53: do not enable EEE on bcm63xx BCM63xx internal switches do not support EEE, but provide multiple RGMII ports where external PHYs may be connected. If one of these PHYs are EEE capable, we may try to enable EEE for the MACs, which then hangs the system on access of the (non-existent) EEE registers. Fix this by checking if the switch actually supports EEE before attempting to configure it.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-10

Last modified 2025-11-20

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 4.15 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.46, 6.15.3, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.15

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.46 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.3 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38272 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/1237c2d4a8db79dfd4369bff6930b0e385ed7d5c
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2dbccf1eb8c04b84ee3afdb1d6b787db02e7befc
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3fbe3f4c57fda09f32e13fa05f53a0cc6f500619
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38272

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-10

Modified 2025-11-20

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38272?

CVE-2025-38272 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.15 onward and has been patched in 6.12.46, 6.15.3 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38272 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38272?

CVE-2025-38272 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-2025-38272?

Yes — CVE-2025-38272 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.46, 6.15.3 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 4.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38272 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38272 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.