Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38385)

Summary

Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38385). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6 or later.

Original description

The description as published by the source.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: usb: lan78xx: fix WARN in __netif_napi_del_locked on disconnect

Remove redundant netif_napi_del() call from disconnect path.

A WARN may be triggered in __netif_napi_del_locked() during USB device
disconnect:

WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at net/core/dev.c:7417 __netif_napi_del_locked+0x2b4/0x350

This happens because netif_napi_del() is called in the disconnect path while
NAPI is still enabled. However, it is not necessary to call netif_napi_del()
explicitly, since unregister_netdev() will handle NAPI teardown automatically
and safely. Removing the redundant call avoids triggering the warning.

Full trace:
lan78xx 1-1:1.0 enu1: Failed to read register index 0x000000c4. ret = -ENODEV
lan78xx 1-1:1.0 enu1: Failed to set MAC down with error -ENODEV
lan78xx 1-1:1.0 enu1: Link is Down
lan78xx 1-1:1.0 enu1: Failed to read register index 0x00000120. ret = -ENODEV
------------[ cut here ]------------
WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 11 at net/core/dev.c:7417 __netif_napi_del_locked+0x2b4/0x350
Modules linked in: flexcan can_dev fuse
CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 11 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc2-00624-ge926949dab03 #9 PREEMPT
Hardware name: SKOV IMX8MP CPU revC - bd500 (DT)
Workqueue: usb_hub_wq hub_event
pstate: 60000005 (nZCv daif -PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--)
pc : __netif_napi_del_locked+0x2b4/0x350
lr : __netif_napi_del_locked+0x7c/0x350
sp : ffffffc085b673c0
x29: ffffffc085b673c0 x28: ffffff800b7f20…

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) NVD OSV

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38385 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2025-38385" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-38385 (Kernel)
Patched: 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6 — apply immediately
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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6.

🛡️ Workaround

Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.

🔍 Detection

Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'Kernel' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.

Response actions

Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order

1
Identify exposure identify
```
grep -r 'Kernel' . | grep -v node_modules
```
リポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で Kernel を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
2
Apply patch patch
```
Upgrade Kernel to 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6
```
ステージング環境で 6.1.144, 6.6.97, 6.12.37, 6.15.6 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
3
Post-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

Linux Kernel

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"5.17.0"},{"fixed":"6.1.144"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.2.0"},{"fixed":"6.6.97"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.7.0"},{"fixed":"6.12.37"}]},{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"6.13.0"},{"fixed":"6.15.6"}]}]

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-38385 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.147-r0
Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38385 linux Fixed in: 6.1.147-1
Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38385 linux-hwe-edge