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CVE-2025-38345

5.5 · MEDIUM
Published Jul 10, 2025 linux CWE-401 EPSS 0.17% (6th pctl)

Overview

CVE-2025-38345 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

ACPICA: fix acpi operand cache leak in dswstate.c

ACPICA commit 987a3b5cf7175916e2a4b6ea5b8e70f830dfe732

I found an ACPI cache leak in ACPI early termination and boot continuing case.

When early termination occurs due to malicious ACPI table, Linux kernel

terminates ACPI function and continues to boot process. While kernel terminates

ACPI function, kmem_cache_destroy() reports Acpi-Operand cache leak.

Boot log of ACPI operand cache leak is as follows:

>[ 0.585957] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)

>[ 0.587218] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)

>[ 0.588530] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)

>[ 0.589790] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)

>[ 0.591534] ACPI Error: Illegal I/O port address/length above 64K: C806E00000004002/0x2 (20170303/hwvalid-155)

>[ 0.594351] ACPI Exception: AE_LIMIT, Unable to initialize fixed events (20170303/evevent-88)

>[ 0.597858] ACPI: Unable to start the A

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

Affected Products

Vendor Product Versions Status
linux linux_kernel >= 0, < 5.4.295 Affected

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-38345?

CVE-2025-38345 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-38345?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-38345?

Check the references section for vendor advisories and patches from linux. Update linux_kernel to the latest patched version. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

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