9.8

CVE-2025-38264: nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38264DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38264
Published 09-07-2025Last modified 21-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38264 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.45% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 38.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Prioritisesevere

Severe, CVSS 9.8 (CVE.org); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources; EPSS 0% (FIRST, 03-11-2026)

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.45%
0%100%
Low · +0.14 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 40 · Related 39
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1RHSA-2025:12662SUSE-SU-2025:02846-1SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1

Timeline

  1. 09-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 21-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling Validate the request in nvme_tcp_handle_r2t() to ensure it's not part of any list, otherwise a malicious R2T PDU might inject a loop in request list processing.

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.45%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

39%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.14 pp

From 0.31% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

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CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: network-reachable, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu143 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796, < 8f27d152b2a59f443091cf9e3d815f06e32e9b96 | ≥ 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796, < 78a4adcd3fedb0728436e8094848ebf4c6bae006 | ≥ 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796, < f054ea62598197714a6ca7b3b387a027308f8b13 | ≥ 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796, < 0bf04c874fcb1ae46a863034296e4b33d8fbd66c | 5.0
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.0, < 6.12.36 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.5
Debian1 product
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 6.12.37-1

3 vendors · 146 products

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