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CVE-2025-38344

5.5 · MEDIUM

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ACPICA: fix acpi parse and parseext cache leaks ACPICA commit 8829e70e1360c81e7a5a901b5d4f48330e021ea5 I'm Seunghun Han, and I…

Published Jul 10, 2025CWE-401EPSS 0.19%

Overview

CVE-2025-38344 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

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

ACPICA: fix acpi parse and parseext cache leaks

ACPICA commit 8829e70e1360c81e7a5a901b5d4f48330e021ea5

I'm Seunghun Han, and I work for National Security Research Institute of

South Korea.

I have been doing a research on ACPI and found an ACPI cache leak in ACPI

early abort cases.

Boot log of ACPI cache leak is as follows:

[ 0.352414] ACPI: Added _OSI(Module Device)

[ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Device)

[ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(3.0 _SCP Extensions)

[ 0.353182] ACPI: Added _OSI(Processor Aggregator Device)

[ 0.356028] ACPI: Unable to start the ACPI Interpreter

[ 0.356799] ACPI Error: Could not remove SCI handler (20170303/evmisc-281)

[ 0.360215] kmem_cache_destroy Acpi-State: Slab cache still has objects

[ 0.360648] CPU: 0 PID: 1 Comm: swapper/0 Tainted: G W

4.12.0-rc4-next-20170608+ #10

[ 0.361273] Hardware name: innotek gmb_h virtual_box/virtual_box, BIOS

virtual_box

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/0a119fdaed67566aa3e0b5222dced4d08bbce463Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/198c2dab022e5e94a99fff267b669d693bc7bb49Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/1e0e629e88b1f7751ce69bf70cda6d1598d45271Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/1fee4324b5660de080cefc3fc91c371543bdb8f6Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/3e0c59180ec83bdec43b3d3482cff23d86d380d0Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/41afebc9a0762aafc35d2df88f4e1b798155a940Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/960236150cd3f08e13b397dd5ae4ccf7a2986c00Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/bed18f0bdcd6737a938264a59d67923688696fc4Reflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlReflists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38344?

CVE-2025-38344 is a medium-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 10, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5 (MEDIUM).

How severe is CVE-2025-38344?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 5.5, rated MEDIUM. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-38344?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-38344?

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