5.5

CVE-2025-38228: media: imagination: fix a potential memory leak in e5010_probe()

Analyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38228DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38228
Published 04-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38228 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 5.5, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.16%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 11 · Related 11
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1SUSE-SU-2026:20560-1USN-7833-1

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: media: imagination: fix a potential memory leak in e5010_probe() Add video_device_release() to release the memory allocated by video_device_alloc() if something goes wrong.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.16%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.15% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu91 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ a1e2940458853d00c178c842c889e4ae3ef5eaec, < 2a2bd7df402decbdefd0acb64ba4e17a0a2a4117 | ≥ a1e2940458853d00c178c842c889e4ae3ef5eaec, < fac3b9a91fa099d9bad29648127c0328d6c478c3 | ≥ a1e2940458853d00c178c842c889e4ae3ef5eaec, < 609ba05b9484856b08869f827a6edee51d51b5f3 | 6.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.12.35 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.35-1

3 vendors · 94 products

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