What is CVE-2025-38607?

CVE-2025-38607 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.15 onward and patched in 6.15.10, 6.16.1 and 6.17. CVE-2025-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38607?

CVE-2025-38607 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-2025-38607?

Yes, CVE-2025-38607 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.10, 6.16.1 and 6.17. If you are running Linux kernel 6.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38607 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38607

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: handle jset (if a & b ...) as a jump in CFG computation BPF_JSET is a conditional jump and currently verifier.c:can_jump() does not know about that. This can lead to incorrect live registers and SCC computation. E.g. in the following example: 1: r0 = 1; 2: r2 = 2; 3: if r1 & 0x7 goto +1; 4: exit; 5: r0 = r2; 6: exit; W/o this fix insn_successors(3) will return only (4), a jump to (5) would be missed and r2 won't be marked as alive at (3).

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

Affected from

≥ 6.15

Fixed in

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

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38607 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/261b30ad1516f4b9edd500aa6e8d6315c8fc109a
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3157f7e2999616ac91f4d559a8566214f74000a5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/65eb166b8636365ad3d6e36d50a7c5edfe6cc66e
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38607

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-2025-38607?

CVE-2025-38607 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.15 onward and has been patched in 6.15.10, 6.16.1 and 6.17. CVE-2025-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38607?

CVE-2025-38607 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-2025-38607?

Yes — CVE-2025-38607 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.15.10, 6.16.1 and 6.17. If you are running Linux kernel 6.15 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38607 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38607 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.