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CVE-2025-38678: linux

CVSS: 7.8v3.1HighModified
AliasesSUSE-SU-2025:03648-1SUSE-SU-2025:3741-1SUSE-SU-2025:3769-1
Published 03-09-2025Last modified 15-10-2026
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-38678 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.28%
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 111 · Related 113
DLA-4404-1DLA-4436-1OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1SUSE-SU-2025:03600-1SUSE-SU-2025:03601-1SUSE-SU-2025:03602-1

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Timeline

  1. 03-09-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 15-10-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: nf_tables: reject duplicate device on updates A chain/flowtable update with duplicated devices in the same batch is possible. Unfortunately, netdev event path only removes the first device that is found, leaving unregistered the hook of the duplicated device. Check if a duplicated device exists in the transaction batch, bail out with EEXIST in such case. WARNING is hit when unregistering the hook: [49042.221275] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 8425 at net/netfilter/core.c:340 nf_hook_entry_head+0xaa/0x150 [49042.221375] CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 8425 Comm: nft Tainted: G S 6.16.0+ #170 PREEMPT(full) [...] [49042.221382] RIP: 0010:nf_hook_entry_head+0xaa/0x150

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 5 sources · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.28%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

19%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

+0.01 pp

From 0.27% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
0.28%

Known exploited

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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

Ubuntu135 products
  • linux< 5.15.0-163.173 | < 6.8.0-88.89
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws< 5.15.0-1097.104 | < 6.8.0-1043.45
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Chainguard16 products
  • hyperv-daemons-6.12< 6.12.60-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12< 6.12.60-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12-boot-installed< 6.12.60-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12-fips-boot-installed< 6.12.60-r0
  • linux-aws-6.12-headers< 6.12.60-r0
Suse5 products
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP4_Update_44&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP4< 2-150400.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_30&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP5< 2-150500.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP6< 2-150600.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7< 2-150700.2.1
  • kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_4&distro=SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching 15 SP7< 2-150700.2.1
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < 0521e694d5b80899fba8695881a6349f9bc538cb | ≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < 4681960bc0f4f8bcc782cbf2fd205f48ad314dfd | ≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < 4ce2a0c3b8497a66cfc25fc7ca3d087258a785d2 | ≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < 3f358a66a04513311668ea4b40f5064e253d8386 | ≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < cf23d531a9d496863aa4c5a0e2f71f0a23f3df3c | ≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < d7615bde541f16517d6790412da6ec46fa8a4c1f | ≥ 78d9f48f7f44431a25da2b46b3a8812f6ff2b981, < cf5fb87fcdaaaafec55dcc0dc5a9e15ead343973 | 5.8
  • linux_kernel≥ 5.8, < 6.6.117 | ≥ 6.7, < 6.12.59 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.16.2 | 6.17:rc1
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.1.159-1 | < 6.12.63-1 | < 6.16.3-1

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