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CVE-2025-38545

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2025-38545 is a memory allocation vulnerability in the Linux kernel's am65-cpsw-nuss Ethernet driver. It affects Linux kernel versions where the skb_shared_info member's memory was not properly accounted for during skb allocation. Rated 5.5 MEDIUM, this vulnerability has a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring local privileges to potentially cause a denial of service (A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
>= 6.10, < 6.12.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 6.13, < 6.15.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0014 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 15,940 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatvendor investigatingvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10Fixed in: kernel

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2025-38545Low

kernel: net: ethernet: ti: am65-cpsw-nuss: Fix skb size by accounting for skb_shared_info

Aug 16, 2025

References

git.kernel.org / stable/c/02c4d6c26f1f662da8885b299c224ca6628ad232
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/7d6ca0c8c0caf9a13cae2de763bb1f2a9ea7eabb
Patch
git.kernel.org / stable/c/fc2fffa2facac15ce711e95f98f954426e025bc5
Patch