Is CVE-2025-38446 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2025-38446 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2025-38446?

CVE-2025-38446 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2025-38446?

CVE-2025-38446 has an EPSS score of 0.15% (4th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2025-38446?

Upgrade linux on debian 13 to 6.12.41-1 or later. Fixes are available for 42 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2025-38446

HIGH

7.1

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: clk: imx: Fix an out-of-bounds access in dispmix_csr_clk_dev_data When num_parents is 4, __clk_register() occurs an out-of-bounds when accessing parent_names member. Use ARRAY_SIZE() instead of hardcode number here. BUG: KASAN: global-out-of-bounds in __clk_register+0x1844/0x20d8 Read of size 8 at addr ffff800086988e78 by task kworker/u24:3/59 Hardware name: NXP i.MX95 19X19 board (DT) Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func Call trace: dump_backtrace+0x94/0xec show_stack+0x18/0x24 dump_stack_lvl+0x8c/0xcc print_report+0x398/0x5fc kasan_report+0xd4/0x114 __asan_report_load8_noabort+0x20/0x2c __clk_register+0x1844/0x20d8 clk_hw_register+0x44/0x110 __clk_hw_register_mux+0x284/0x3a8 imx95_bc_probe+0x4f4/0xa70

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

linuxDebian

Fixed in:6.12.41-1CVE-2025-38446

Fixed in:6.16.3-1CVE-2025-38446

linux-aws-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-azure-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1

linux-gcp-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-hwe-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-6.14.0-1016-oemUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16USN-7880-1

linux-image-6.14.0-1016-realtimeUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2

linux-image-6.14.0-1017-awsUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-6.14.0-1017-aws-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-6.14.0-1017-azureUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1

linux-image-6.14.0-1017-oracleUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-6.14.0-1017-oracle-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-6.14.0-1020-gcpUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-image-6.14.0-1020-gcp-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-image-6.14.0-36-genericUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-6.14.0-36-generic-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-awsUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-aws-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-aws-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-aws-64k-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-azureUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1

linux-image-azure-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7934-1

linux-image-gcpUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-image-gcp-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-image-gcp-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-image-gcp-64k-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1USN-7879-4

linux-image-generic-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-generic-64k-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-generic-64k-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-generic-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-oem-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16USN-7880-1

linux-image-oracleUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-oracle-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-oracle-64kUbuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-oracle-64k-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-image-realtime-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2

linux-image-realtime-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2

linux-image-virtual-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-image-virtual-hwe-24.04Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-36.36~24.04.1USN-7879-1

linux-oem-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16USN-7880-1

linux-oracle-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1USN-7879-3

linux-realtime-6.14Ubuntu

Fixed in:6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1USN-7879-2

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

0.15%probability of exploitation in 30 days

4thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 4% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch3

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