5.5

CVE-2025-38188: linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38188DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38188
Published 04-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38188 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.7% 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
0.18%
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 22 · Related 22
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1SUSE-SU-2025:02996-1SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1

Timeline

  1. 04-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: drm/msm/a7xx: Call CP_RESET_CONTEXT_STATE Calling this packet is necessary when we switch contexts because there are various pieces of state used by userspace to synchronize between BR and BV that are persistent across submits and we need to make sure that they are in a "safe" state when switching contexts. Otherwise a userspace submission in one context could cause another context to function incorrectly and hang, effectively a denial of service (although without leaking data). This was missed during initial a7xx bringup. Patchwork: https://patchwork.freedesktop.org/patch/654924/

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.02 pp

From 0.15% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

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

Ubuntu122 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≥ af66706accdf5afef45204afc87037f876e0665c, < 8a1f52651dd8203695d293c6824d8f6c067877d1 | ≥ af66706accdf5afef45204afc87037f876e0665c, < 35fe72f3c425bbf1d580bd9066e2456b1dbae4a8 | ≥ af66706accdf5afef45204afc87037f876e0665c, < 2b520c6104f34e3a548525173c38ebca4402cac3 | 6.7
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.35 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.4 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.35-1

3 vendors · 125 products

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