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CVE-2025-38689: linux kernel from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.2 (exclusive), 6.17 · update rc1; +1 more affected products
CVE-2025-38689. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.0014 (percentile 0.03), scored 19-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.2 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · 6.17 · update rc1
linux
Linux · 22aafe3bcb67472effdea1ccf0df20280192bbaf to before 2ca887e81095b99d890a8878841f36f4920181e6, 22aafe3bcb67472effdea1ccf0df20280192bbaf to before 31cd31c9e17ece125aad27259501a2af69ccb020
Linux
Linux · 6.16
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
Function: for
File: arch/x86/kernel/fpu/xstate.c
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CWE
- CWE-476
- CCR priority
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.0014 · percentile 0.03 · 2026-10-19
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-20 01:44:01.123206+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-38689.html