Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38095
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing op
Published Jul 3, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38095. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.21%
- Remediation
- Advisory link
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe linux/linux kernel · vendor Linux Linux patch: 6.15
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing operation. It is different with what the comment is originally aiming so Null pointer dereference can be happened if memory update is reordered.
Are you affected?
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- cpe debian/debian linux11.0
- cpe linux/linux kernel6.15
- vendor Linux Linux patch: 6.15patch: 6.15
How to fix CVE-2025-38095
Recommended remediation
A patch or advisory reference is linked. Open the original publisher for availability by product version.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38095. EPSS is 0.21%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0; linux/linux kernel 6.15; Linux Linux patch: 6.15 patch: 6.15. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. EPSS 0.21%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jul 3, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing operation. It is different with what the comment is originally aiming so Null pointer dereference can be happened if memory update is reordered.
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing operation. It is different with what the comment is originally aiming so Null pointer dereference can be happened if memory update is reordered.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38095
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-38095
30-day exploitation probability 0.2%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-19768
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing operation. It is different with what the comment is originally aiming so Null pointer dereference can
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38095
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: dma-buf: insert memory barrier before updating num_fences smp_store_mb() inserts memory barrier after storing operation. It is different with what the comment is originally aiming so Null pointer dereference ca
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.