5.5

CVE-2025-38612: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38612DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38612
Published 19-08-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38612 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7.2% 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
0.18%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 51 · Related 47
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1MGASA-2025-0234MGASA-2025-0235OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: fbtft: fix potential memory leak in fbtft_framebuffer_alloc() In the error paths after fb_info structure is successfully allocated, the memory allocated in fb_deferred_io_init() for info->pagerefs is not freed. Fix that by adding the cleanup function on the error path.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.18%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

7%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.17% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.18%

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

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< 6.1.148-1 | < 6.12.43-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < 83ea0c7b8d12c67f6c4703d6c458627a7fc45fc0 | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < c3b1c45c48117ed4d8797ee89d1155f16b72d490 | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < 3290f62f23fae05f2ec34085eb86dfb3648ef91f | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < 6f9e2cf9e9c1a891a683329af35bb33ed9d38b5f | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < b31cf6f7716a5d3e4461763f32d812acdaec6e74 | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < a3177955f8da3c826a18b75e54881e2e9a9c96f1 | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < 6771f121ae87490ddc19eabb7450383af9e01b6d | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < 47b3d6e8921bbb7b65c2dab8eaa8864901848c1c | ≥ c296d5f9957c03994a699d6739c27d4581a9f6c7, < eb2cb7dab60f9be0b435ac4a674255429a36d72c | 4.0
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.0, < 5.4.297 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.241 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.190 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.148 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.102 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.42 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.10 | ≥ 6.16, < 6.16.1

3 vendors · 151 products

References

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