Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38412
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks After retrieving WMI data blocks
Published Jul 25, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38412. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.19%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe linux/linux kernel · vendor Linux Linux e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d <92c2d914b5337431d885597a79a3a3d9d55e80b7
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks After retrieving WMI data blocks in sysfs callbacks, check for the validity of them before dereferencing their content.
Are you affected?
Enter the version you run. The result uses only the ranges stored on this record.
The check returns affected, not affected, or incomplete. It does not guess a version that is missing from the record.
- cpe debian/debian linux11.0
- cpe linux/linux kernel6.16
- vendor Linux Linux e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d <92c2d914b5337431d885597a79a3a3d9d55e80b7e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d <92c2d914b5337431d885597a79a3a3d9d55e80b7
How to fix CVE-2025-38412
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38412. EPSS is 0.19%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0; linux/linux kernel 6.16; Linux Linux e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d <92c2d914b5337431d885597a79a3a3d9d55e80b7 e8a60aa7404bfef37705da5607c97737073ac38d <92c2d914b5337431d885597a79a3a3d9d55e80b7. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.19%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 25, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks After retrieving WMI data blocks in sysfs callbacks, check for the validity of them before dereferencing their content.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks After retrieving WMI data blocks in sysfs callbacks, check for the validity of them before dereferencing their content.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38412
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-38412
30-day exploitation probability 0.19%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-22589
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks After retrieving WMI data blocks in sysfs callbacks, check for the validity of them before dereferencing their content.
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38412
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Fix WMI data block retrieval in sysfs callbacks After retrieving WMI data blocks in sysfs callbacks, check for the validity of them before dereferencing their content.
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.