7.8

CVE-2025-38494: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38494DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38494
Published 28-07-2025Last modified 05-08-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38494 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.24% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 14.4% 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
0.24%
0%100%
Low · +0.04 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 136 · Related 129
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1DSA-5975-1LSN-0122-1MGASA-2025-0218

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Timeline

  1. 28-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.24%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

14%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.04 pp

From 0.21% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.24%

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

Ubuntu147 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≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < dd8e8314f2ce225dade5248dcfb9e2ac0edda624 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 40e25aa7e4e0f2440c73a683ee448e41c7c344ed | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < f10923b8d32a473b229477b63f23bbd72b1e9910 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < a62a895edb2bfebffa865b5129a66e3b4287f34f | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 0e5017d84d650ca0eeaf4a3fe9264c5dbc886b81 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < d18f63e848840100dbc351a82e7042eac5a28cf5 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < 19d1314d46c0d8a5c08ab53ddeb62280c77698c0 | ≥ 4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f, < c2ca42f190b6714d6c481dfd3d9b62ea091c946b | 3.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.15, < 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 · 151 products

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