5.5

CVE-2025-38575: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38575DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38575
Published 18-04-2025Last modified 11-05-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38575 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 17.8% 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
0.27%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 30

Timeline

  1. 18-04-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ksmbd: use aead_request_free to match aead_request_alloc Use aead_request_free() instead of kfree() to properly free memory allocated by aead_request_alloc(). This ensures sensitive crypto data is zeroed before being freed.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.27%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

18%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.27% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.27%

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

Ubuntu125 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-142.152 | < 6.8.0-86.87
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1086.93 | < 6.8.0-1041.43
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < 571b342d4688801fc1f6a1934389dac09425dc93 | ≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < a6b594868268c3a7bfaeced912525cd2c445529a | ≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < 1de7fec4d3012672e31eeb6679ea60f7ca010ef9 | ≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < 3e341dbd5f5a6e5a558e67da80731dc38a7f758c | ≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < aef10ccd74512c52e30c5ee19d0031850973e78d | ≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < 46caeae23035192b9cc41872c827f30d0233f16e | ≥ e2f34481b24db2fd634b5edb0a5bd0e4d38cc6e9, < 6171063e9d046ffa46f51579b2ca4a43caef581a | 5.15
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.15, < 5.15.180 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.134 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.87 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.23 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.13.11 | ≥ 6.14, < 6.14.2

3 vendors · 129 products

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