Vulnerability in Linux
CVE-2025-38287
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: IB/cm: Drop lockdep assert and WARN when freeing old msg The send completion handler can run after cm_id has advanced to another message. The cm_id lock is not needed in this case, but a recent change re-used cm_free_priv_msg(), which asserts that the lock is held and WARNs if the cm_id's currently outstanding msg is different than the one being freed.
EPSS: 0.001 (3.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Affected products
- Linux — versions 1e5159219076ddb2e44338c667c83fd1bd43dfef, 6.13, 0
- Linux Linux_kernel
References
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2025-38287?
- CVE-2025-38287 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.
- How severe is CVE-2025-38287?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.