CVE-2025-38120
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Publication date: 2025-07-03
Last updated on: 2025-12-17
Assigner: kernel.org
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.165 (inc) to 5.15.186 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.1.103 (inc) to 6.1.142 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.6.44 (inc) to 6.6.94 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.10.3 (inc) to 6.12.34 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.13 (inc) to 6.15.3 (exc) |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's netfilter component relates to the nf_set_pipapo_avx2 function. If the first field does not cover the entire start map, the remainder is not zeroed out, which causes bits to leak into the next match round map. An early fix only addressed the generic C implementation, leaving the AVX2 implementation vulnerable until this follow-up patch was applied.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can cause unintended data leakage between match rounds in netfilter processing, potentially leading to incorrect filtering behavior or exposure of sensitive data within the kernel's packet filtering operations.