CVE-2025-38386
Medium
Elevated severity or exploit probability.
CVSS base
7.8
HIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS — probability of exploitation (30 days)
0.2%
7.6th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness / dates
CWE-416
Published 2025-07-25 · modified 2026-07-30
CVSS breakdown
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
| Attack Vector | L | Local |
| Attack Complexity | L | Low |
| Privileges Required | L | Low |
| User Interaction | N | None |
| Scope | U | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | H | High |
| Integrity | H | High |
| Availability | H | High |
Timeline
- 2025-07-25 — Published (NVD)
- 2026-07-30 — Last modified (NVD)
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing As reported in [1], a platform firmware update that increased the number of method parameters and forgot to update a least one of its callers, caused ACPICA to crash due to use-after-free. Since this a result of a clear AML issue that arguably cannot be fixed up by the interpreter (it cannot produce missing data out of thin air), address it by making ACPICA refuse to evaluate a method if the caller attempts to pass fewer arguments than expected to it.
Affected
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18ff4ed6a33a7e3f2097710eacc96bea7696e803
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2219e49857ffd6aea1b1ca5214d3270f84623a16
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4305d936abde795c2ef6ba916de8f00a50f64d2d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcab2791543924d438e7fa49276d0998b0a069f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab1e8491c19eb2ea0fda81ef28e841c7cb6399f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49d224d1830c46e20adce2a239c454cdab426f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e4da550ae196132b990bd77ed3d8f2d9747f87
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d547779e72cea9865b732cd45393c4cd02b3598e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html