CVE-2025-38414 [Medium] | Security Vulnerability in Linux Kernel

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: fix GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST definition for WCN7850 GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST is wrongly defined for WCN7850, causing kernel crash on some specific platforms. Since this register is divergent for WCN7850 and QCN9274, move it to register table to allow different definitions. Then correct the register address for WCN7850 to fix this issue. Note IPQ5332 is not affected as it is not PCIe based device. Tested-on: WCN7850 hw2.0 PCI WLAN.HMT.1.0.c5-00481-QCAHMTSWPL_V1.0_V2.0_SILICONZ-3

#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2026-05-21	0.02%	0.05%	+0.04%
2	2025-07-26	—	0.02%	—

Date

Old EPSS score

New EPSS score

Delta (New - Old)

2026-05-21

0.02%

0.05%

+0.04%

2025-07-26

—

0.02%

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
5.5	3.1	MEDIUM	`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:L) They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:L) A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin. User interaction (UI:N) Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:N) Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way. Integrity (I:N) Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	1.8	3.6	[email protected]

Base score

Version

Severity

Vector

Exploitability

Impact

Score source

5.5

3.1

MEDIUM

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

Attack vector (AV:L): They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L): A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N): Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N): Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N): Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

1.8

3.6

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-38414

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	unimportant	CVE-2025-38414 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38414
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38414
`suse`	medium	CVE-2025-38414 severity moderate: SUSE including 476 source package names (2.1.3-6.67:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-32.1.21.10, 2.1.3-7.44:kernel-default-6.4.0-32.1, …), 1101 product×package rows across 216 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (216 product lines)): Fixed 627, Known Affected 231, Known Not Affected 222, First Fixed 21.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38414/
`ubuntu`	medium	CVE-2025-38414 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1414 status rows across 9 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1017, ignored 155, released 137, not-affected 100, needed 2, needs-triage 2, pending 1.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38414

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-38414

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.3, < 6.12.34	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	>= 6.13, < 6.15.3	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
linux	linux_kernel	6.16	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::

References for CVE-2025-38414

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/569972c5bdb839b0eaf8aba6ce76ea0b78e2acf8	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7588a893cde5385ad308400ff167d29a29913b3a	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d71ac5694b33c80f1de97d074f6fbdc6c01a9d61	Patch

URL

CVE-2025-38414 | wifi: ath12k: fix GCC_GCC_PCIE_HOT_RST definition for WCN7850

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-38414

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-38414

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-38414

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-38414

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-38414

References for CVE-2025-38414