CVE-2025-38575: debian debian_linux
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.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 34 · Related 30Timeline
- 18-04-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 11-05-2026Last 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- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated5.5MediumCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo 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
- linux< 6.1.135-1 | < 6.12.25-1
- debian_linuxEOL11.0
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