What is CVE-2025-38411?

CVE-2025-38411 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.15.3 onward and patched in 6.15.6. CVE-2025-38411 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38411?

CVE-2025-38411 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-2025-38411?

Yes, CVE-2025-38411 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.6. If you are running Linux kernel 6.15.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38411 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38411 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38411

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfs: Fix double put of request If a netfs request finishes during the pause loop, it will have the ref that belongs to the IN_PROGRESS flag removed at that point - however, if it then goes to the final wait loop, that will *also* put the ref because it sees that the IN_PROGRESS flag is clear and incorrectly assumes that this happened when it called the collector. In fact, since IN_PROGRESS is clear, we shouldn't call the collector again since it's done all the cleanup, such as calling ->ki_complete(). Fix this by making netfs_collect_in_app() just return, indicating that we're done if IN_PROGRESS is removed.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-25

Last modified 2025-11-19

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

Weakness type

CWE-415

CVE-2025-38411 is classified as CWE-415

See CWE-415 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.15.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.15.6 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.15.3

Fixed in

✓ 6.15.6 6.15.x

References

2 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9df7b5ebead649b00bf9a53a798e4bf83a1318fd

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18facba5a5795ad44b2a00a052e3db2fa77ab12

Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38411

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-25

Modified 2025-11-19

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38411?

CVE-2025-38411 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.15.3 onward and has been patched in 6.15.6. CVE-2025-38411 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38411?

CVE-2025-38411 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-2025-38411?

Yes. CVE-2025-38411 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.6. If you are running Linux kernel 6.15.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38411 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-38411 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.