{"cve":"CVE-2025-38386","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-25T13:15:27.877","modified":"2026-10-15T22:18:39.730","status":"Modified","description":"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 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.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18ff4ed6a33a7e3f2097710eacc96bea7696e803","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2219e49857ffd6aea1b1ca5214d3270f84623a16","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4305d936abde795c2ef6ba916de8f00a50f64d2d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6fcab2791543924d438e7fa49276d0998b0a069f","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ab1e8491c19eb2ea0fda81ef28e841c7cb6399f5"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38386","score":0.00198,"percentile":0.09496,"date":"2026-10-25"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}