CVE-2025-38444

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5—
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-07-25. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
Trending — 3 sources updated this week
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10_make_request

If raid10_read_request or raid10_write_request registers a new request and the REQ_NOWAIT flag is set, the code does not free the malloc from the mempool.

unreferenced object 0xffff8884802c3200 (size 192): comm "fio", pid 9197, jiffies 4298078271 hex dump (first 32 bytes): 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 88 41 02 00 00 00 00 00 .........A...... 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ................ backtrace (crc c1a049a2): __kmalloc+0x2bb/0x450 mempool_alloc+0x11b/0x320 raid10_make_request+0x19e/0x650 [raid10] md_handle_request+0x3b3/0x9e0 __submit_bio+0x394/0x560 __submit_bio_noacct+0x145/0x530 submit_bio_noacct_nocheck+0x682/0x830 __blkdev_direct_IO_async+0x4dc/0x6b0 blkdev_read_iter+0x1e5/0x3b0 __io_read+0x230/0x1110 io_read+0x13/0x30 io_issue_sqe+0x134/0x1180 io_submit_sqes+0x48c/0xe90 __do_sys_io_uring_enter+0x574/0x8b0 do_syscall_64+0x5c/0xe0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e

V4: changing backing tree to see if CKI tests will pass. The patch code has not changed between any versions.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
4%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 25, 2025

Last Modified

December 22, 2025

References (7)

Patch Availability(31)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (5.15.0.1090.96~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1096.81) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-5.15 (5.15.0.1092.82) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-5.15 (5.15.0.1092.96) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.14 (6.14.0-1018.18) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp-tools-5.15.0-1056 (5.15.0-1056.60) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-22.04 (5.15.0.1096.94) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-kvm-5.15 (5.15.0.1088.84) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-36.36) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (5.15.0.1096.105~20.04.1) @ focal2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-tegra-igx-rt-5.15 (5.15.0.1034.36) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-22.04 (6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1043.44) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1047.50+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-1016.16~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-6.14 (6.14.0-1016.16) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1041.42) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1043.48) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.49.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1044.44) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1023.24) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.52+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1046.52) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
linuxKernel @ 5.15.189—osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(25)

Every vendor that published an advisory referencing this CVE — pulled from our cve_vendor_advisories aggregation. Click any row for the vendor's original advisory page.

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 10× in last 7d / 46× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

  1. 2026-07-26 14:54 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-25 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-24 14:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-24 00:11 UTCOSV refresh
  6. 2026-07-23 02:54 UTCEG score recompute
  7. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-22 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-21 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-20 17:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-19 14:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-07-19 02:28 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-07-18 10:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-07-16 17:02 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-07-15 16:57 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-07-15 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-07-15 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-07-13 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-07-13 22:29 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-07-13 06:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-07-12 05:46 UTCEPSS rescore
Show 67 more
  1. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  2. 2026-07-11 08:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  3. 2026-07-09 19:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  4. 2026-07-09 19:09 UTCEPSS rescore
  5. 2026-07-07 13:45 UTCEPSS rescore
  6. 2026-07-06 18:21 UTCOSV refresh
  7. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  8. 2026-07-06 16:27 UTCEPSS rescore
  9. 2026-07-06 02:23 UTCEPSS rescore
  10. 2026-07-05 02:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  11. 2026-07-04 06:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  12. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  13. 2026-07-01 15:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  14. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  15. 2026-06-30 23:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  16. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  17. 2026-06-29 14:06 UTCEPSS rescore
  18. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  19. 2026-06-28 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
  20. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  21. 2026-06-28 04:55 UTCEPSS rescore
  22. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  23. 2026-06-27 03:08 UTCEPSS rescore
  24. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  25. 2026-06-25 13:49 UTCEPSS rescore
  26. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  27. 2026-06-24 14:04 UTCEPSS rescore
  28. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  29. 2026-06-23 21:32 UTCEPSS rescore
  30. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  31. 2026-06-22 14:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  32. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  33. 2026-06-21 14:56 UTCEPSS rescore
  34. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  35. 2026-06-21 01:59 UTCEPSS rescore
  36. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  37. 2026-06-19 19:25 UTCEPSS rescore
  38. 2026-06-18 06:35 UTCOSV refresh
  39. 2026-06-17 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  40. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  41. 2026-06-16 17:52 UTCEPSS rescore
  42. 2026-06-14 23:17 UTCEPSS rescore
  43. 2026-06-13 23:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  44. 2026-06-12 23:11 UTCEPSS rescore
  45. 2026-06-11 14:00 UTCEPSS rescore
  46. 2026-06-10 22:18 UTCEPSS rescore
  47. 2026-06-10 13:22 UTCEPSS rescore
  48. 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  49. 2026-06-08 14:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  50. 2026-06-07 15:24 UTCEPSS rescore
  51. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  52. 2026-06-06 13:47 UTCEPSS rescore
  53. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  54. 2026-06-05 22:46 UTCEPSS rescore
  55. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  56. 2026-06-05 06:10 UTCEPSS rescore
  57. 2026-06-02 20:12 UTCEPSS rescore
  58. 2026-06-01 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  59. 2026-06-01 13:51 UTCEPSS rescore
  60. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  61. 2026-05-31 22:30 UTCEPSS rescore
  62. 2026-05-31 00:16 UTCEPSS rescore
  63. 2026-05-30 01:21 UTCEG score recompute
  64. 2026-05-30 01:21 UTCVendor advisory
  65. 2026-05-30 01:20 UTCGHSA enrichment
  66. 2026-05-29 23:42 UTCOSV refresh
  67. 2026-05-29 13:44 UTCEPSS rescore

Related CVEs(same product + same vendor + same CWE)

Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-38444?
CVE-2025-38444 is a medium vulnerability published on July 25, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: raid10: cleanup memleak at raid10makerequest If raid10readrequest or raid10writerequest registers a new request and the REQ_NOWAIT flag is set, the code does not free the malloc from the mempool. unreferenced object…
When was CVE-2025-38444 disclosed?
CVE-2025-38444 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 25, 2025, with the most recent update on December 22, 2025. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-38444 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-38444 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 95.6% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38444?
CVE-2025-38444 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-38444?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-38444, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

Dependency Blast Radius

Explore the affected products and dependency analysis for CVE-2025-38444

Explore →

Is Your Infrastructure Affected by CVE-2025-38444?

EchelonGraph automatically scans your cloud infrastructure and maps CVE exposure using blast radius analysis.

Start Free Scan →Browse All CVEs