What is CVE-2025-38238?

CVE-2025-38238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-38238?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38238

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out When both the RHBA and RPA FDMI requests time out, fnic reuses a frame to send ABTS for each of them. O…

EPSS: 0.001 (2.9th 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 09c1e6ab4ab2a107d96f119950dc330e446dc2b0, 6.14, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.16

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38238?: CVE-2025-38238 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-38238?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.