What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38717?

CVE-2025-38717 has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 4.7 (Medium). CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.0%.

Which versions of Linux Kernel are affected by CVE-2025-38717?

CVE-2025-38717 presents moderate security risk, a race condition vulnerability rated CVSS 4.7. Exploitation could compromise the security of affected deployments.. A patch is available.

How to fix or mitigate CVE-2025-38717?

During next maintenance window: Identify affected systems and apply vendor patches when convenient. Vendor patch is available.

Linux Kernel CVE-2025-38717

MEDIUM

Race Condition (CWE-362)

2025-09-04 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Information Disclosure Linux Race Condition Red Hat Linux Kernel Suse

4.7

CVSS 3.1

CVSS VectorNVD

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Lifecycle Timeline

Analysis Generated

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:10 vuln.today

Patch released

Mar 28, 2026 - 19:10 nvd

Patch available

CVE Published

Sep 04, 2025 - 16:15 nvd

MEDIUM 4.7

DescriptionNVD

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: kcm: Fix race condition in kcm_unattach()

syzbot found a race condition when kcm_unattach(psock) and kcm_release(kcm) are executed at the same time.

kcm_unattach() is missing a check of the flag kcm->tx_stopped before calling queue_work().

If the kcm has a reserved psock, kcm_unattach() might get executed between cancel_work_sync() and unreserve_psock() in kcm_release(), requeuing kcm->tx_work right before kcm gets freed in kcm_done().

Remove kcm->tx_stopped and replace it by the less error-prone disable_work_sync().

AnalysisAI

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: kcm: Fix race condition in kcm_unattach() syzbot found a race condition when kcm_unattach(psock) and kcm_release(kcm) are. Rated medium severity (CVSS 4.7).

Technical ContextAI

This vulnerability is classified under CWE-362. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: kcm: Fix race condition in kcm_unattach() syzbot found a race condition when kcm_unattach(psock) and kcm_release(kcm) are executed at the same time. kcm_unattach() is missing a check of the flag kcm->tx_stopped before calling queue_work(). If the kcm has a reserved psock, kcm_unattach() might get executed between cancel_work_sync() and unreserve_psock() in kcm_release(), requeuing kcm->tx_work right before kcm gets freed in kcm_done(). Remove kcm->tx_stopped and replace it by the less error-prone disable_work_sync(). Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

RemediationAI

A vendor patch is available. Apply the latest security update as soon as possible. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.