7.1

CVE-2025-38497: debian debian_linux Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 7.1v3.1HighAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38497DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38497
Published 28-07-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38497 is a high (CVSS 7.1) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 6.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
28/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.1/10
010
High · 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 59 · Related 53
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: usb: gadget: configfs: Fix OOB read on empty string write When writing an empty string to either 'qw_sign' or 'landingPage' sysfs attributes, the store functions attempt to access page[l - 1] before validating that the length 'l' is greater than zero. This patch fixes the vulnerability by adding a check at the beginning of os_desc_qw_sign_store() and webusb_landingPage_store() to handle the zero-length input case gracefully by returning immediately.

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 0.16% 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

Ubuntu148 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≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 78b41148cfea2a3f04d87adf3a71b21735820a37 | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < d68b7c8fefbaeae8f065b84e40cf64baf4cc0c76 | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 15a87206879951712915c03c8952a73d6a74721e | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 2798111f8e504ac747cce911226135d50b8de468 | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 58bdd5160184645771553ea732da5c2887fc9bd1 | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 783ea37b237a9b524f1e5ca018ea17d772ee0ea0 | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 22b7897c289cc25d99c603f5144096142a30d897 | ≥ 87213d388e927aaa88b21d5ff7e1f75ca2288da1, < 3014168731b7930300aab656085af784edc861f6 | 3.16
  • linux_kernel≥ 3.16, < 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 · 152 products

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