What is CVE-2025-38425?

CVE-2025-38425 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 5.18 onward and patched in 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. CVE-2025-38425 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38425?

CVE-2025-38425 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-2025-38425?

Yes, CVE-2025-38425 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38425 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38425 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38425

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: i2c: tegra: check msg length in SMBUS block read For SMBUS block read, do not continue to read if the message length passed from the device is '0' or greater than the maximum allowed bytes.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-25

Last modified 2025-12-23

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

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 5.18 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 5.18

Fixed in

✓ 6.1.142 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.95 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.35 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.4 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38425 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

Mailing List Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3f03f77ce688d02da284174e1884b6065d6159bd
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75a864f21ceeb8c1e8ce1b7589174fec2c3a039e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6e04f05ce0b070ab39d5775580e65c7d943da0b
Patch

5 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38425

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-25

Modified 2025-12-23

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38425?

CVE-2025-38425 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 5.18 onward and has been patched in 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. CVE-2025-38425 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38425?

CVE-2025-38425 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-2025-38425?

Yes — CVE-2025-38425 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 5.18 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38425 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38425 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.