What is CVE-2025-38228?

CVE-2025-38228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-04.

How severe is CVE-2025-38228?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38228

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: imagination: fix a potential memory leak in e5010_probe() Add video_device_release() to release the memory allocated by video_device_alloc() if something goes wrong.

EPSS: 0.001 (3.6th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions a1e2940458853d00c178c842c889e4ae3ef5eaec, 6.11, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-401 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38228?: CVE-2025-38228 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux, classified under Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-04.
How severe is CVE-2025-38228?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.