What is CVE-2025-38430?

CVE-2025-38430 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and patched in 5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186 and others. CVE-2025-38430 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38430?

CVE-2025-38430 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-2025-38430?

Yes, CVE-2025-38430 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38430 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38430 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38430

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nfsd: nfsd4_spo_must_allow() must check this is a v4 compound request If the request being processed is not a v4 compound request, then examining the cstate can have undefined results. This patch adds a check that the rpc procedure being executed (rq_procinfo) is the NFSPROC4_COMPOUND procedure.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-07-25

Last modified 2026-05-12

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 4.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 4.8

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.295 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.239 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.186 5.15.x ✓ 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

11 total

Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1244f0b2c3cecd3f349a877006e67c9492b41807

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2c54bd5a380ebf646fb9efbc4ae782ff3a83a5af

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425efc6b3292a3c79bfee4a1661cf043dcd9cf2f

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/64a723b0281ecaa59d31aad73ef8e408a84cb603

Patch
Kernel Git
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a75a956692aa64211a9e95781af1ec461642de4

Patch

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Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38430

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-07-25

Modified 2026-05-12

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38430?

CVE-2025-38430 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 4.8 onward and has been patched in 5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186 and others. CVE-2025-38430 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38430?

CVE-2025-38430 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-2025-38430?

Yes. CVE-2025-38430 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 4.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38430 actively exploited?

No. CVE-2025-38430 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.