What is CVE-2025-38296?

CVE-2025-38296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.

How severe is CVE-2025-38296?

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

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38296

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPI: platform_profile: Avoid initializing on non-ACPI platforms The platform profile driver is loaded even on platforms that do not have ACPI enabled. The initializatio…

EPSS: 0.001 (2.7th 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 77be5cacb2c2d8c3ddd069f0b4e9408f553af1d8, 6.14, 0
Linux Linux_kernel

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38296?: CVE-2025-38296 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-10.
How severe is CVE-2025-38296?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.