What is CVE-2025-38573?

CVE-2025-38573 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and patched in 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1 and others. CVE-2025-38573 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38573?

CVE-2025-38573 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-2025-38573?

Yes, CVE-2025-38573 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1 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-2025-38573 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38573 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38573

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: spi: cs42l43: Property entry should be a null-terminated array The software node does not specify a count of property entries, so the array must be null-terminated. When unterminated, this can lead to a fault in the downstream cs35l56 amplifier driver, because the node parse walks off the end of the array into unknown memory.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-08-19

Last modified 2025-11-26

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 6.11 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1, 6.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.11

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.42 6.12.x ✓ 6.15.10 6.15.x ✓ 6.16.1 6.16.x ✓ 6.17

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38573 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/139b5df757a0aa436f763b0038e0b73808d2f4b6
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/674328102baad76c7a06628efc01974ece5ae27f
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f0035ae38d2571f5ddedc829d74492013caa625
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38573

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-08-19

Modified 2025-11-26

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38573?

CVE-2025-38573 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.11 onward and has been patched in 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1 and others. CVE-2025-38573 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38573?

CVE-2025-38573 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-2025-38573?

Yes — CVE-2025-38573 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1 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-2025-38573 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38573 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.