Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38061 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write(). The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 5.5. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102 || >=1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 <425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77 | a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900, 5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6, 128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df, ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5, c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6, 6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4, 8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102, 425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 2.6.12 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jun 18, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
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).
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