What is CVE-2025-38602?

CVE-2025-38602 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and patched in 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190 and others. CVE-2025-38602 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38602?

CVE-2025-38602 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-2025-38602?

Yes, CVE-2025-38602 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38602 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38602 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38602

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iwlwifi: Add missing check for alloc_ordered_workqueue Add check for the return value of alloc_ordered_workqueue since it may return NULL pointer.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-08-19

Last modified 2026-01-07

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

Weakness type

CWE-252

CVE-2025-38602 is classified as CWE-252

See CWE-252 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.24 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.148, 6.6.102, 6.12.42, 6.15.10, 6.16.1, 6.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.24

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.297 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.241 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.190 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.148 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.102 6.6.x ✓ 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-2025-38602 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/msg00007.html

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

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e9f85ee3b46453a2f250a57d3a9f10c70c71202
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6663c52608d8d8727bf1911e6d9218069ba1c85e
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/70a1b527eaea9430b1bd87de59f3b9f6bd225701
Patch

9 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38602

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-08-19

Modified 2026-01-07

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38602?

CVE-2025-38602 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.24 onward and has been patched in 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190 and others. CVE-2025-38602 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38602?

CVE-2025-38602 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-2025-38602?

Yes — CVE-2025-38602 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.24 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38602 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38602 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.