What is CVE-2025-38272?

CVE-2025-38272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-38272?

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

Is CVE-2025-38272 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38272

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: dsa: b53: do not enable EEE on bcm63xx BCM63xx internal switches do not support EEE, but provide multiple RGMII ports where external PHYs may be connected. If one o…

EPSS: 0.002 (4.9th 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 22256b0afb12333571ad11799fa68fd27e4f4e80, 4.15, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

Public proof-of-concept exploits

w4zu/Debian_

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-2025-38272?: CVE-2025-38272 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-38272?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2025-38272 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.