What is CVE-2025-38287?

CVE-2025-38287 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 6.15.3 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38287?

CVE-2025-38287 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-2025-38287?

Yes, CVE-2025-38287 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.3 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-2025-38287 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38287

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/cm: Drop lockdep assert and WARN when freeing old msg The send completion handler can run after cm_id has advanced to another message. The cm_id lock is not needed in this case, but a recent change re-used cm_free_priv_msg(), which asserts that the lock is held and WARNs if the cm_id's currently outstanding msg is different than the one being freed.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-10

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 6.15.3, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.13

Fixed in

✓ 6.15.3 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38287 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/7590649ee7af381a9d1153143026dec124c5798e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc096a0cd2017cb0aa1e7fb83131410af9283910
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38287

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-10

Modified 2025-11-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38287?

CVE-2025-38287 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 6.15.3 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38287?

CVE-2025-38287 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-2025-38287?

Yes — CVE-2025-38287 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.3 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-2025-38287 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38287 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.