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CVE-2025-38264nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling
- 9.8CriticalCVSS base score
- 0.46%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 60% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 16 months later
· 16 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| LinuxCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Critical9.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.8.
Affected products
- affected 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 – < 8f27d152b2a59f443091cf9e3d815f06e32e9b96
- affected 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 – < 78a4adcd3fedb0728436e8094848ebf4c6bae006
- affected 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 – < f054ea62598197714a6ca7b3b387a027308f8b13
- affected 3f2304f8c6d6ed97849057bd16fee99e434ca796 – < 0bf04c874fcb1ae46a863034296e4b33d8fbd66c
- affected 5.0
- unaffected < 5.0
- unaffected 6.6.160 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.36 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.5 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16 – ≤ *
References
References4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8f27d152b2a59f443091cf9e3d815f06e32e9b96 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/78a4adcd3fedb0728436e8094848ebf4c6bae006 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f054ea62598197714a6ca7b3b387a027308f8b13 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0bf04c874fcb1ae46a863034296e4b33d8fbd66c (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-20797 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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