What is CVE-2025-38414?

CVE-2025-38414 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.3 onward and patched in 6.12.34, 6.15.3 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38414 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38414?

CVE-2025-38414 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-2025-38414?

Yes, CVE-2025-38414 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.34, 6.15.3 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 6.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38414 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38414 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38414

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST definition for WCN7850 GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST is wrongly defined for WCN7850, causing kernel crash on some specific platforms. Since this register is divergent for WCN7850 and QCN9274, move it to register table to allow different definitions. Then correct the register address for WCN7850 to fix this issue. Note IPQ5332 is not affected as it is not PCIe based device. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-25

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 6.3 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.34, 6.15.3, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.3

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.34 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.3 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38414 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/569972c5bdb839b0eaf8aba6ce76ea0b78e2acf8
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7588a893cde5385ad308400ff167d29a29913b3a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71ac5694b33c80f1de97d074f6fbdc6c01a9d61
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38414

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 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-2025-38414?

CVE-2025-38414 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.3 onward and has been patched in 6.12.34, 6.15.3 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38414 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38414?

CVE-2025-38414 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-2025-38414?

Yes — CVE-2025-38414 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.34, 6.15.3 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 6.3 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38414 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38414 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.