What is CVE-2025-38479?

CVE-2025-38479 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and patched in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. CVE-2025-38479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38479?

CVE-2025-38479 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-2025-38479?

Yes, CVE-2025-38479 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38479 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38479

High

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dmaengine: fsl-edma: free irq correctly in remove path Add fsl_edma->txirq/errirq check to avoid below warning because no errirq at i.MX9 platform. Otherwise there will be kernel dump: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at kernel/irq/devres.c:144 devm_free_irq+0x74/0x80 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/u8:0 Not tainted 6.12.0-rc7#18 Hardware name: NXP i.MX93 11X11 EVK board (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func pstate: 60400009 (nZCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : devm_free_irq+0x74/0x80 lr : devm_free_irq+0x48/0x80 Call trace: devm_free_irq+0x74/0x80 (P) devm_free_irq+0x48/0x80 (L) fsl_edma_remove+0xc4/0xc8 platform_remove+0x28/0x44 device_remove+0x4c/0x80

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-04-18

Last modified 2025-11-06

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 6.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.11

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.23 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.11 6.13.x ✓ 6.14.2 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38479 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/38ff8769074db27387cb2323aaa751e59d168e6a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/55e2dbe2ba787d4fc2306f6bb2f43fb32176e184
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3834d2d68749e4760c27325149765930ad876fd
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38479

Severity High

CVSS score 7.8 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-04-18

Modified 2025-11-06

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38479?

CVE-2025-38479 is a High severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.8 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and has been patched in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. CVE-2025-38479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38479?

CVE-2025-38479 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-2025-38479?

Yes — CVE-2025-38479 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.11 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38479 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38479 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.