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High 7.7

Vulnerability in Linux kernel

CVE-2025-38413 First seen on SecPulse

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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38413 has been found in Linux kernel.
Confidential information can be exposed externally. CVSS score: 7.7/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-38413" on the vendor's site.

CVE-2025-38413 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.7
Attack vector: local / unauthenticated / 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: High (CVSS 7.7/10). Confidential information can be exposed externally.

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 exposureidentify
    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 verificationverify
    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

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed
Linux Kernel
≥ 6.11.0, < 6.12.37
≥ 6.13.0, < 6.15.6
6.12.37
6.15.6

Fix status by distribution

Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE

Original description The description as published by the source.

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

virtio-net: xsk: rx: fix the frame's length check

When calling buf_to_xdp, the len argument is the frame data's length
without virtio header's length (vi->hdr_len). We check that len with

xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size() + vi->hdr_len

to ensure the provided len does not larger than the allocated chunk
size. The additional vi->hdr_len is because in virtnet_add_recvbuf_xsk,
we use part of XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM for virtio header and ask the vhost
to start placing data from

hard_start + XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM - vi->hdr_len

not
hard_start + XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM

But the first buffer has virtio_header, so the maximum frame's length in
the first buffer can only be

xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size()

not
xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size() + vi->hdr_len

like in the current check.

This commit adds an additional argument to buf_to_xdp differentiate
between the first buffer and other ones to correctly calculate the maximum
frame's length.

Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD

References

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