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CVE-2025-38487

MEDIUMCVSS 5.5/10EPSS 0.14%

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CVE-2025-38487 is a medium-severity vulnerability rated 5.5/10 on the CVSS scale. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: lpc-snoop: Don't disable channels that aren't enabled Mitigate e.g. the following: # echo 1e789080.lpc-snoop > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-lpc-snoop/unbind ... [ 120.363594] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 when write [ 120.373866] [00000004] *pgd=00000000 [ 120.377910] Internal error: Oops: 805 [#1] SMP ARM [ 120.383306] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 315 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1-00009-g926217bc7d7d-dirty #20 NONE ... [ 120.679543] Call trace: [ 120.679559] misc_deregister from aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove+0x84/0xac [ 120.692462] aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove from platform_remove+0x28/0x38 [ 120.700996] platform_remove from device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x200 .... EPSS estimates a 0.14% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: lpc-snoop: Don't disable channels that aren't enabled Mitigate e.g. the following: # echo 1e789080.lpc-snoop > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-lpc-snoop/unbind ... [ 120.363594] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 when write [ 120.373866] [00000004] *pgd=00000000 [ 120.377910] Internal error: Oops: 805 [#1] SMP ARM [ 120.383306] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 315 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1-00009-g926217bc7d7d-dirty #20 NONE ... [ 120.679543] Call trace: [ 120.679559] misc_deregister from aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove+0x84/0xac [ 120.692462] aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove from platform_remove+0x28/0x38 [ 120.700996] platform_remove from device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x200 ...

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
5.5/10

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

EPSS Probability
0.14%

4.0th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersionsUpdate
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 4.13, < 5.4.297—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.5, < 5.10.241—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.11, < 5.15.190—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 5.16, < 6.1.147—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.2, < 6.6.100—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.7, < 6.12.40—
LinuxLinux Kernel>= 6.13, < 6.15.8—
LinuxLinux Kernel6.16Rc1
DebianDebian Linux11.0—

References

Timeline

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Status
Analyzed

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2025-38487?
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: soc: aspeed: lpc-snoop: Don't disable channels that aren't enabled Mitigate e.g. the following: # echo 1e789080.lpc-snoop > /sys/bus/platform/drivers/aspeed-lpc-snoop/unbind ... [ 120.363594] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000004 when write [ 120.373866] [00000004] *pgd=00000000 [ 120.377910] Internal error: Oops: 805 [#1] SMP ARM [ 120.383306] CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 315 Comm: sh Not tainted 6.15.0-rc1-00009-g926217bc7d7d-dirty #20 NONE ... [ 120.679543] Call trace: [ 120.679559] misc_deregister from aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove+0x84/0xac [ 120.692462] aspeed_lpc_snoop_remove from platform_remove+0x28/0x38 [ 120.700996] platform_remove from device_release_driver_internal+0x188/0x200 ...
How severe is CVE-2025-38487?
CVE-2025-38487 has a CVSS score of 5.5/10 (MEDIUM severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.14% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38487?
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Source: NVD / NIST