Vulnerability in Linux kernel
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-38525 has been found in Linux kernel.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 7.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-38525" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38525 (Linux kernel) — CVSS v3 7.5
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / 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.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 7.5/10). 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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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。
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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
| Ecosystem | Package | Affected | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Kernel |
< 6.6.151 ≥ 6.7.0, < 6.12.103 ≥ 6.13.0, < 6.15.8 |
6.6.151 6.12.103 6.15.8 |
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-38525 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.12.103-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38525 linux Fixed in: 6.12.105-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38525 linux-hwe-edge
Original description The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
rxrpc: Fix irq-disabled in local_bh_enable()
The rxrpc_assess_MTU_size() function calls down into the IP layer to find
out the MTU size for a route. When accepting an incoming call, this is
called from rxrpc_new_incoming_call() which holds interrupts disabled
across the code that calls down to it. Unfortunately, the IP layer uses
local_bh_enable() which, config dependent, throws a warning if IRQs are
enabled:
WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 5544 at kernel/softirq.c:387 __local_bh_enable_ip+0x43/0xd0
...
RIP: 0010:__local_bh_enable_ip+0x43/0xd0
...
Call Trace:
rt_cache_route+0x7e/0xa0
rt_set_nexthop.isra.0+0x3b3/0x3f0
__mkroute_output+0x43a/0x460
ip_route_output_key_hash+0xf7/0x140
ip_route_output_flow+0x1b/0x90
rxrpc_assess_MTU_size.isra.0+0x2a0/0x590
rxrpc_new_incoming_peer+0x46/0x120
rxrpc_alloc_incoming_call+0x1b1/0x400
rxrpc_new_incoming_call+0x1da/0x5e0
rxrpc_input_packet+0x827/0x900
rxrpc_io_thread+0x403/0xb60
kthread+0x2f7/0x310
ret_from_fork+0x2a/0x230
ret_from_fork_asm+0x1a/0x30
...
hardirqs last enabled at (23): _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x24/0x50
hardirqs last disabled at (24): _raw_read_lock_irq+0x17/0x70
softirqs last enabled at (0): copy_process+0xc61/0x2730
softirqs last disabled at (25): rt_add_uncached_list+0x3c/0x90
Fix this by moving the call to rxrpc_assess_MTU_size() out of
rxrpc_init_peer() and further up the stack where it can be done without
interrupts disabled.
It shouldn't b…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
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