CVE-2025-38375virtio-net: ensure the received length does not exceed allocated size
- 8.4HighCVSS base score
- 0.21%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 89% 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: 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 15 months later
· 15 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 | High8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.21% · top 89% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.4.
Affected products
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < 773e95c268b5d859f51f7547559734fd2a57660c
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < ddc8649d363141fb3371dd81a73e1cb4ef8ed1e1
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < 982beb7582c193544eb9c6083937ec5ac1c9d651
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < 6aca3dad2145e864dfe4d1060f45eb1bac75dd58
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < 80b971be4c37a4d23a7f1abc5ff33dc7733d649b
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < bc68bc3563344ccdc57d1961457cdeecab8f81ef
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < 11f2d0e8be2b5e784ac45fa3da226492c3e506d8
- affected 4941d472bf95b4345d6e38906fcf354e74afa311 – < 315dbdd7cdf6aa533829774caaf4d25f1fd20e73
- affected 4.14
- unaffected < 4.14
- unaffected 5.4.297 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.241 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.189 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.144 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.97 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.37 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.6 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/773e95c268b5d859f51f7547559734fd2a57660c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddc8649d363141fb3371dd81a73e1cb4ef8ed1e1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/982beb7582c193544eb9c6083937ec5ac1c9d651 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6aca3dad2145e864dfe4d1060f45eb1bac75dd58 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/80b971be4c37a4d23a7f1abc5ff33dc7733d649b (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bc68bc3563344ccdc57d1961457cdeecab8f81ef (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/11f2d0e8be2b5e784ac45fa3da226492c3e506d8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/315dbdd7cdf6aa533829774caaf4d25f1fd20e73 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html (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-2025-22628 (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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