5.5

CVE-2025-38061: debian debian_linux

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38061DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38061
Published 18-06-2025Last modified 11-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38061 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.1 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.20%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 46 · Related 43
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1

Timeline

  1. 18-06-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 11-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write() Honour the user given buffer size for the strn_len() calls (otherwise strn_len() will access memory outside of the user given buffer).

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.20%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

9%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.19% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.20%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Ubuntu146 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-152.162 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1090.97 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102 | ≥ 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2, < 425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77 | 2.6.12
  • linux_kernel< 5.4.294 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.238 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.185 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.141 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.93 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.31 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.14.9

3 vendors · 150 products

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