5.5

CVE-2025-38038: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38038DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38038
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38038 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.19%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1SUSE-SU-2026:20560-1USN-7769-1

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: cpufreq: amd-pstate: Remove unnecessary driver_lock in set_boost set_boost is a per-policy function call, hence a driver wide lock is unnecessary. Also this mutex_acquire can collide with the mutex_acquire from the mode-switch path in status_store(), which can lead to a deadlock. So, remove it.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.19%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.19%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu148 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f, < 61e931ee145eeab8196e585ff4334870b130b744 | ≥ ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f, < cd347d071713234586762d79c5a691785e9be418 | ≥ ec437d71db77a181227bf6d0ac9d4a80e58ecf0f, < db1cafc77aaaf871509da06f4a864e9af6d6791f | 5.17
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.17, < 6.12.31 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.9
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.32-1

3 vendors · 151 products

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