5.5

CVE-2025-38487: debian debian_linux NULL Pointer Dereference

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38487DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38487
Published 28-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38487 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 5.9% 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 53 · Related 47
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1DSA-5975-1MGASA-2025-0218MGASA-2025-0219

Timeline

  1. 28-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: lpc-snoop: Don't disable channels that aren't enabled Mitigate e.g. the following: # echo 1e789080.lpc-snoop > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-lpc-snoop/unbind ... [ 120.363594] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 when write [ 120.373866] [00000004] *pgd=00000000 [ 120.377910] Internal error: Oops: 805 [#1] SMP ARM [ 120.383306] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 315 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1-00009-g926217bc7d7d-dirty #20 NONE ... [ 120.679543] Call trace: [ 120.679559] misc_deregister from aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove+0x84/0xac [ 120.692462] aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove from platform_remove+0x28/0x38 [ 120.700996] platform_remove from device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x200 ...

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

Ubuntu146 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-163.173 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1097.104 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.41-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < 62e51f51d97477ea4e78c82e7076a171dac86c75 | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < 9e1d2b97f5e2a36a2fd30a8bd30ead9dac5e3a51 | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < 166afe964e8433d52c641f5d1c09102bacee9a92 | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < dc5598482e2d3b234f6d72d6f5568e24f603e51a | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < 329a80adc0e5f815d0514a6d403aaaf0995cd9be | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < b361598b7352f02456619a6105c7da952ef69f8f | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < ac10ed9862104936a412f8b475c869e99f048448 | ≥ 9f4f9ae81d0affc182f54dd00285ddb90e0b3ae1, < 56448e78a6bb4e1a8528a0e2efe94eff0400c247 | 4.13
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.13, < 5.4.297 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.241 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.190 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.147 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.100 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.40 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.8 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2 | 6.16:rc3 | 6.16:rc4 | 6.16:rc5 | 6.16:rc6

3 vendors · 150 products

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