CVE-2025-38061
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 5.5
5.5CVSS MEDIUM
Summary
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).
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorLocal
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredLow
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactNone
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)0%
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Affected products we track (2)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41dfPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5Patch