5.5

CVE-2025-38587: debian debian_linux Infinite Loop

CVSS: 5.5v3.1MediumAnalyzed
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38587DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38587
Published 19-08-2025Last modified 23-05-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38587 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Infinite Loop vulnerability in debian debian_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.17% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 5.6% 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
0.17%
0%100%
Low · +0.01 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 41 · Related 38
DLA-4328-1MGASA-2025-0234MGASA-2025-0235OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1

Timeline

  1. 19-08-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 23-05-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: fix possible infinite loop in fib6_info_uses_dev() fib6_info_uses_dev() seems to rely on RCU without an explicit protection. Like the prior fix in rt6_nlmsg_size(), we need to make sure fib6_del_route() or fib6_add_rt2node() have not removed the anchor from the list, or we risk an infinite loop.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 3 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.17%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

6%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.16% on 21-09-2026

21-09-202621-10-2026
EPSS score
0.17%

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

Affected systems

Ubuntu121 products
  • linux< 6.8.0-100.100
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 6.8.0-1046.49
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian2 products
  • linux< 6.1.148-1 | < 6.12.43-1 | < 6.16.3-1
  • debian_linuxEOL11.0
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ d0ec61c9f3583b76aebdbb271f5c0d3fcccd48b2, < bc85e62394f008fa848c4ba02c936c735a3e8ef5 | ≥ 52da02521ede55fb86546c3fffd9377b3261b91f, < 9cb6de8ee144a94ae7a40bdb32560329ab7276f0 | ≥ 34a949e7a0869dfa31a40416d2a56973fae1807b, < db65739d406c72776fbdbbc334be827ef05880d2 | ≥ d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b, < 16d21816c0918f8058b5fc14cbe8595d62046e2d | ≥ d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b, < e09be457b71b983a085312ff9e981f51e4ed3211 | ≥ d9ccb18f83ea2bb654289b6ecf014fd267cc988b, < f8d8ce1b515a0a6af72b30502670a406cfb75073 | 11edcd026012ac18acee0f1514db3ed1b160fc6f | ≥ 6.1.128, < 6.1.148 | ≥ 6.6.75, < 6.6.102 | ≥ 6.12.2, < 6.12.42 | ≥ 6.11.11, < 6.12 | 6.13
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.1.128, < 6.1.148 | ≥ 6.6.75, < 6.6.102 | ≥ 6.11.11, < 6.12 | ≥ 6.12.2, < 6.12.42 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.15.10 | ≥ 6.16, < 6.16.1

3 vendors · 125 products

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