7.8

CVE-2025-38341: eth: fbnic: avoid double free when failing to DMA-map FW msg

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38341DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38341
Published 10-07-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38341 is a high (CVSS 7.8) Double Free vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.18%
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. 10-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: eth: fbnic: avoid double free when failing to DMA-map FW msg The semantics are that caller of fbnic_mbx_map_msg() retains the ownership of the message on error. All existing callers dutifully free the page.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

8%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.01 pp

From 0.17% 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≥ da3cde08209ec1c915195c2331c275397f34a731, < 670179265ad787b9dd8e701601914618b8927755 | ≥ da3cde08209ec1c915195c2331c275397f34a731, < 0a211e23852019ef55c70094524e87a944accbb5 | ≥ da3cde08209ec1c915195c2331c275397f34a731, < 5bd1bafd4474ee26f504b41aba11f3e2a1175b88 | 6.11
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.11, < 6.12.35 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.4 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.35-1

3 vendors · 94 products

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