Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38122 records a Medium severity (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in gve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO. 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 | >=a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3 <ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b || >=a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3 <2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51 || >=a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3 <7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b || >=a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3 <a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7 || >=a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3 <c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3 || >=a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3 <12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248 | ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b, 2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51, 7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b, a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7, c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3, 12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248 |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.14 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 3, 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: gve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO gve_alloc_pending_packet() can return NULL, but gve_tx_add_skb_dqo() did not check for this case before dereferencing the returned pointer. Add a missing NULL check to prevent a potential NULL pointer dereference when allocation fails. This improves robustness in low-memory scenarios.
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