CVE-2025-38096: linux
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-38096 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.9% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 12 · Related 12Timeline
- 03-07-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: iwlwifi: don't warn when if there is a FW error iwl_trans_reclaim is warning if it is called when the FW is not alive. But if it is called when there is a pending restart, i.e. after a FW error, there is no need to warn, instead - return silently.
CVSS metrics
3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.19%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
8%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
+0.02 pp
From 0.17% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo 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≥ e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65, < 0446d34a853d9576e2a7628c803d2abd2f8cf3a8 | ≥ e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65, < d07a08f42dc7230c902e1af2a899a72b0a03aa69 | ≥ e5d15cb530082cc13a6c9457eddd6f75b0f4de65, < c7f50d0433a016d43681592836a3d484817bfb34 | 4.5
- linux_kernel< 6.12.31 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.9
Debian1 product
- linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.32-1
3 vendors · 151 products
