Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38299)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38299). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ASoC: mediatek: mt8195: Set ETDM1/2 IN/OUT to COMP_DUMMY()
ETDM2_IN_BE and ETDM1_OUT_BE are defined as COMP_EMPTY(),
in the case the codec dai_name will be null.
Avoid a crash if the device tree is not assigning a codec
to these links.
[ 1.179936] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 0000000000000000
[ 1.181065] Mem abort info:
[ 1.181420] ESR = 0x0000000096000004
[ 1.181892] EC = 0x25: DABT (current EL), IL = 32 bits
[ 1.182576] SET = 0, FnV = 0
[ 1.182964] EA = 0, S1PTW = 0
[ 1.183367] FSC = 0x04: level 0 translation fault
[ 1.183983] Data abort info:
[ 1.184406] ISV = 0, ISS = 0x00000004, ISS2 = 0x00000000
[ 1.185097] CM = 0, WnR = 0, TnD = 0, TagAccess = 0
[ 1.185766] GCS = 0, Overlay = 0, DirtyBit = 0, Xs = 0
[ 1.186439] [0000000000000000] user address but active_mm is swapper
[ 1.187239] Internal error: Oops: 0000000096000004 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 1.188029] Modules linked in:
[ 1.188420] CPU: 7 UID: 0 PID: 70 Comm: kworker/u32:1 Not tainted 6.14.0-rc4-next-20250226+ #85
[ 1.189515] Hardware name: Radxa NIO 12L (DT)
[ 1.190065] Workqueue: events_unbound deferred_probe_work_func
[ 1.190808] pstate: 40400009 (nZcv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
[ 1.191683] pc : __pi_strcmp+0x24/0x140
[ 1.192170] lr : mt8195_mt6359_soc_card_probe+0x224/0x7b0
[ 1.192854] sp : ffff800083473970
[ 1.193271…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38299 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-38299" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38299 (Linux kernel) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (CWE-476) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-38299 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38299 linux Fixed in: 6.12.35-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38299 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web github.com