5.5

CVE-2025-38167: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38167DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38167
Published 03-07-2025Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38167 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) NULL Pointer Dereference vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% 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
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 36 · Related 32
DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1MGASA-2025-0218MGASA-2025-0219USN-7769-1USN-7769-2

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fs/ntfs3: handle hdr_first_de() return value The hdr_first_de() function returns a pointer to a struct NTFS_DE. This pointer may be NULL. To handle the NULL error effectively, it is important to implement an error handler. This will help manage potential errors consistently. Additionally, error handling for the return value already exists at other points where this function is called. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.15% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu133 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1092.99 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, < 5390b3d4c6d41d05bb9149d094d504cbc9ea85bf | ≥ 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, < 83cd0aa74793384dbdffc140500b200e9776a302 | ≥ 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, < 701340a25b1ad210e6b8192195be21fd3fcc22c7 | ≥ 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, < 2d5879f64554181b89f44d4817b9ea86e8e913e1 | ≥ 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, < 4ecd0cde89feee26525ccdf1af0c1ae156ca010b | ≥ 82cae269cfa953032fbb8980a7d554d60fb00b17, < af5cab0e5b6f8edb0be51a9f47f3f620e0b4fd70 | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.186 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.142 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.94 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.34 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.3

3 vendors · 137 products

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