What is CVE-2025-38613?

CVE-2025-38613 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and patched in 6.16.1 and 6.17. CVE-2025-38613 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38613?

CVE-2025-38613 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-2025-38613?

Yes, CVE-2025-38613 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.16.1 and 6.17. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38613 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38613 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38613

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: gpib: fix unset padding field copy back to userspace The introduction of a padding field in the gpib_board_info_ioctl is showing up as initialized data on the stack frame being copyied back to userspace in function board_info_ioctl. The simplest fix is to initialize the entire struct to zero to ensure all unassigned padding fields are zero'd before being copied back to userspace.

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

Weakness type

CWE-908

CVE-2025-38613 is classified as CWE-908

See CWE-908 on MITRE CWE for full details on this weakness type.

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.13 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.16.1, 6.17 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.13

Fixed in

✓ 6.16.1 6.16.x ✓ 6.17

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38613 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/19dedd4f70f5a6505e7c601ef7dd40542d1d9aa5
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a739d3b13bff0dfa1aec679d08c7062131a2a425
Patch

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38613

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-2025-38613?

CVE-2025-38613 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.13 onward and has been patched in 6.16.1 and 6.17. CVE-2025-38613 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38613?

CVE-2025-38613 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-2025-38613?

Yes — CVE-2025-38613 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.16.1 and 6.17. If you are running Linux kernel 6.13 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38613 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38613 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.