8.4

CVE-2025-38375: virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38375DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38375
Published 25-07-2025Last modified 15-10-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38375 is a high (CVSS 8.4) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 11% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.4, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.4/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · +0.02 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 59 · Related 54
DLA-4327-1DLA-4328-1DSA-5973-1MGASA-2025-0218MGASA-2025-0219OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1

Timeline

  1. 25-07-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size In xdp_linearize_page, when reading the following buffers from the ring, we forget to check the received length with the true allocate size. This can lead to an out-of-bound read. This commit adds that missing check.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 4 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

Increase +0.02 pp

From 0.18% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
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

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: local access, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu145 products
  • linuxAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-awsAll versions (No fix recorded) | < 5.15.0-1092.99 | < 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≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < 773e95c268b5d859f51f7547559734fd2a57660c | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < ddc8649d363141fb3371dd81a73e1cb4ef8ed1e1 | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < 982beb7582c193544eb9c6083937ec5ac1c9d651 | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < 6aca3dad2145e864dfe4d1060f45eb1bac75dd58 | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < 80b971be4c37a4d23a7f1abc5ff33dc7733d649b | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < bc68bc3563344ccdc57d1961457cdeecab8f81ef | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < 11f2d0e8be2b5e784ac45fa3da226492c3e506d8 | ≥ 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311, < 315dbdd7cdf6aa533829774caaf4d25f1fd20e73 | 4.14
  • linux_kernel≥ 4.14, < 5.4.297 | ≥ 5.5, < 5.10.241 | ≥ 5.11, < 5.15.189 | ≥ 5.16, < 6.1.144 | ≥ 6.2, < 6.6.97 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.37 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.6 | 6.16:rc1 | 6.16:rc2 | 6.16:rc3 | 6.16:rc4

3 vendors · 149 products

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