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CVE-2025-38400 medium CVSS 5.5

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38400)

Summary

Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-38400). 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:

nfs: Clean up /proc/net/rpc/nfs when nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails.

syzbot reported a warning below [1] following a fault injection in
nfs_fs_proc_net_init(). [0]

When nfs_fs_proc_net_init() fails, /proc/net/rpc/nfs is not removed.

Later, rpc_proc_exit() tries to remove /proc/net/rpc, and the warning
is logged as the directory is not empty.

Let's handle the error of nfs_fs_proc_net_init() properly.

[0]:
FAULT_INJECTION: forcing a failure.
name failslab, interval 1, probability 0, space 0, times 0
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 6120 Comm: syz.2.27 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Call Trace:

dump_stack_lvl (lib/dump_stack.c:123)
should_fail_ex (lib/fault-inject.c:73 lib/fault-inject.c:174)
should_failslab (mm/failslab.c:46)
kmem_cache_alloc_noprof (mm/slub.c:4178 mm/slub.c:4204)
__proc_create (fs/proc/generic.c:427)
proc_create_reg (fs/proc/generic.c:554)
proc_create_net_data (fs/proc/proc_net.c:120)
nfs_fs_proc_net_init (fs/nfs/client.c:1409)
nfs_net_init (fs/nfs/inode.c:2600)
ops_init (net/core/net_namespace.c:138)
setup_net (net/core/net_namespace.c:443)
copy_net_ns (net/core/net_namespace.c:576)
create_new_namespaces (kernel/nsproxy.c:110)
unshare_nsproxy_namespaces (kernel/nsproxy.c:218 (discriminator 4))
ksys_unshare (kernel/fork.c:3123)
__x64_sys_unshare (kernel/fork…

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory

Auto-generated summary

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38400 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-2025-38400" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-38400 (Linux kernel) — 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.

❓ What is the problem

A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.

📍 Affected scope

Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.

🔥 Severity

Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.

🔧 How to fix

Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.

🛡️ 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. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.

Response actions

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

  1. 1
    Identify 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。

  2. 2
    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。

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

References

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