What is CVE-2025-38511?

CVE-2025-38511 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.8 onward and patched in 6.12.39, 6.15.7 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38511 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38511?

CVE-2025-38511 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-2025-38511?

Yes, CVE-2025-38511 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.39, 6.15.7 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 6.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38511 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38511 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38511

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/xe/pf: Clear all LMTT pages on alloc Our LMEM buffer objects are not cleared by default on alloc and during VF provisioning we only setup LMTT PTEs for the actually provisioned LMEM range. But beyond that valid range we might leave some stale data that could either point to some other VFs allocations or even to the PF pages. Explicitly clear all new LMTT page to avoid the risk that a malicious VF would try to exploit that gap. While around add asserts to catch any undesired PTE overwrites and low-level debug traces to track LMTT PT life-cycle. (cherry picked from commit 3fae6918a3e27cce20ded2551f863fb05d4bef8d)

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-08-16

Last modified 2025-11-18

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 6.8 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.39, 6.15.7, 6.16 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.8

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.39 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.7 6.15.x ✓ 6.16

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38511 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/5d21892c2e15b6a27f8bc907693eca7c6b7cc269
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/705a412a367f383430fa34bada387af2e52eb043
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff4b8c9ade1b82979fdd01e6f45b60f92eed26d8
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38511

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-08-16

Modified 2025-11-18

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38511?

CVE-2025-38511 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.8 onward and has been patched in 6.12.39, 6.15.7 and 6.16. CVE-2025-38511 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38511?

CVE-2025-38511 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-2025-38511?

Yes — CVE-2025-38511 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.39, 6.15.7 and 6.16. If you are running Linux kernel 6.8 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38511 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38511 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.