{"id":"CVE-2025-38386","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing\n\nAs reported in [1], a platform firmware update that increased the number\nof method parameters and forgot t…","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing\n\nAs reported in [1], a platform firmware update that increased the number\nof method parameters and forgot t…","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-416"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel < 5.4.296","linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.240","linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.187","linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.144","linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.97","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.37","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.6","linux_kernel = 6.16","debian_linux = 11.0"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.15.6"],"published":"2025-07-25","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T22:18:39.730","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38386","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18ff4ed6a33a7e3f2097710eacc96bea7696e803","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2219e49857ffd6aea1b1ca5214d3270f84623a16","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4305d936abde795c2ef6ba916de8f00a50f64d2d","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcab2791543924d438e7fa49276d0998b0a069f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab1e8491c19eb2ea0fda81ef28e841c7cb6399f5","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b49d224d1830c46e20adce2a239c454cdab426f1","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e4da550ae196132b990bd77ed3d8f2d9747f87","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d547779e72cea9865b732cd45393c4cd02b3598e","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd","cve.org"],"epss":0.00213,"epssPercentile":0.11487,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T21:49:54.369457Z"},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T22:48:25.505Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38386","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nACPICA: Refuse to evaluate a method if arguments are missing\n\nAs reported in [1], a platform firmware update that increased the number\nof method parameters and forgot to update a least one of its callers,\ncaused ACPICA to crash due to use-after-free.\n\nSince this a result of a clear AML issue that arguably cannot be fixed\nup by the interpreter (it cannot produce missing data out of thin air),\naddress it by making ACPICA refuse to evaluate a method if the caller\nattempts to pass fewer arguments than expected to it.\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel < 5.4.296`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.5, < 5.10.240`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.187`\n- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.144`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.97`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.37`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.6`\n- `linux_kernel = 6.16`\n- `debian_linux = 11.0`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.15.6`","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}