Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38402)
Summary
Vulnerability in Kernel (CVE-2025-38402). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 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:
idpf: return 0 size for RSS key if not supported
Returning -EOPNOTSUPP from function returning u32 is leading to
cast and invalid size value as a result.
-EOPNOTSUPP as a size probably will lead to allocation fail.
Command: ethtool -x eth0
It is visible on all devices that don't have RSS caps set.
[ 136.615917] Call Trace:
[ 136.615921]
[ 136.615927] ? __warn+0x89/0x130
[ 136.615942] ? __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x322/0x330
[ 136.615953] ? report_bug+0x164/0x190
[ 136.615968] ? handle_bug+0x58/0x90
[ 136.615979] ? exc_invalid_op+0x17/0x70
[ 136.615987] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20
[ 136.616001] ? rss_prepare_get.constprop.0+0xb9/0x170
[ 136.616016] ? __alloc_frozen_pages_noprof+0x322/0x330
[ 136.616028] __alloc_pages_noprof+0xe/0x20
[ 136.616038] ___kmalloc_large_node+0x80/0x110
[ 136.616072] __kmalloc_large_node_noprof+0x1d/0xa0
[ 136.616081] __kmalloc_noprof+0x32c/0x4c0
[ 136.616098] ? rss_prepare_get.constprop.0+0xb9/0x170
[ 136.616105] rss_prepare_get.constprop.0+0xb9/0x170
[ 136.616114] ethnl_default_doit+0x107/0x3d0
[ 136.616131] genl_family_rcv_msg_doit+0x100/0x160
[ 136.616147] genl_rcv_msg+0x1b8/0x2c0
[ 136.616156] ? __pfx_ethnl_default_doit+0x10/0x10
[ 136.616168] ? __pfx_genl_rcv_msg+0x10/0x10
[ 136.616176] netlink_rcv_skb+0x58/0x110
[ 136.616186] genl_rcv+0x28/0x40
[ 136.616195] netlink_unicast+0x19b/0x290
[ 136.616206] netlink_sendmsg+0x22…
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38402 has been found in Kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade Kernel to 6.12.37, 6.15.6 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Kernel CVE-2025-38402" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38402 (Kernel)
Patched: 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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Kernel.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 6.12.37, 6.15.6.
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. 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
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1Identify 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。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade Kernel to 6.12.37, 6.15.6ステージング環境で 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。
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3Post-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-2025-38402 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.41-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38402 linux Fixed in: 6.12.37-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38402 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory github.com
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org