CVE-2025-38375
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Publication date: 2025-07-25
Last updated on: 2025-12-16
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 4.14 (inc) to 5.4.297 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.5 (inc) to 5.10.241 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.11 (inc) to 5.15.189 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.16 (inc) to 6.1.144 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.2 (inc) to 6.6.97 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.7 (inc) to 6.12.37 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 6.13 (inc) to 6.15.6 (exc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-125 | The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's virtio-net component occurs because the code does not properly check that the length of received data does not exceed the allocated buffer size. Specifically, in the xdp_linearize_page function, the received length was not verified against the true allocated size, which could lead to an out-of-bound read of memory.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability can lead to an out-of-bound read in the kernel memory, which may cause system instability, crashes, or potentially allow an attacker to read sensitive information from memory that should not be accessible.