CVE-2025-38061

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel Buffer Overflow in pktgen_thread_write()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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).

References (10)

Core 10
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.7%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (27)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 2.6.12 - 5.4.294linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.185linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.141linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.238linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.14.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.93linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.31linux
Linux/Linux < 2.6.12
Linux/Linux 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 - 128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df
... and 17 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026