7.8

CVE-2025-38173: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38173DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38173
Published 03-07-2025Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38173 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.2% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.19%
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 54 · Related 49
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1MGASA-2025-0218MGASA-2025-0219OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1

Timeline

  1. 03-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: crypto: marvell/cesa - Handle zero-length skcipher requests Do not access random memory for zero-length skcipher requests. Just return 0.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 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

+0.02 pp

From 0.17% 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

Ubuntu145 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 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≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < 32d3e8049a8b60f18c5c39f5931bfb1130ac11c9 | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < c064ae2881d839709bd72d484d5f2af157f46024 | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < e1cc69da619588b1488689fe3535a0ba75a2b0e7 | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < 78ea1ff6cb413a03ff6f7af4e28e24b4461a0965 | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < 5e9666ac8b94c978690f937d59170c5237bd2c45 | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < 7894694b5d5b2ecfd7fb081d6f60b9e169ab4d13 | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < c9610dda42bd382a96f97e68825cb5f66cd9e1dc | ≥ f63601fd616ab370774fa00ea10bcaaa9e48e84c, < 8a4e047c6cc07676f637608a9dd675349b5de0a7 | 4.2
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.2, < 5.4.295 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.239 | ≥ 5.11, < 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 · 149 products

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