What is CVE-2025-38278?

CVE-2025-38278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-38278?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38278

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: octeontx2-pf: QOS: Refactor TC_HTB_LEAF_DEL_LAST callback This patch addresses below issues, 1. Active traffic on the leaf node must be stopped before its send queue …

EPSS: 0.002 (5.2th 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 5e6808b4c68d7882971514ab3279926eb07c8b2d, 6.5, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38278?: CVE-2025-38278 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-38278?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.