CVE-2025-38444
5.5 · MEDIUMOverview
CVE-2025-38444 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 25, 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:
raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request
If raid10_read_request or raid10_write_request registers a new
request and the REQ_NOWAIT flag is set, the code does not
free the malloc from the mempool.
unreferenced object 0xffff8884802c3200 (size 192):
comm "fio", pid 9197, jiffies 4298078271
hex dump (first 32 bytes):
00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 41 02 00 00 00 00 00 .........A......
08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................
backtrace (crc c1a049a2):
__kmalloc+0x2bb/0x450
mempool_alloc+0x11b/0x320
raid10_make_request+0x19e/0x650 [raid10]
md_handle_request+0x3b3/0x9e0
__submit_bio+0x394/0x560
__submit_bio_noacct+0x145/0x530
submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x682/0x830
__blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x4dc/0x6b0
blkdev_read_iter+0x1e5/0x3b0
__io_read+0x230/0x1110
io_read+0x13/0x30
io_issue_sqe+0x134/0x1180
io_submit_sqes+0x48
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 | >= 5.15.111, < 5.15.189 | Affected |
References
Frequently Asked Questions
What is CVE-2025-38444?
CVE-2025-38444 is a medium-severity vulnerability affecting linux linux_kernel. It was published on July 25, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).
How severe is CVE-2025-38444?
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-2025-38444?
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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