CVE-2025-23138Integer Underflow (Wrap or Wraparound) in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8OSV7.1OSV5.9OSV4.4
EPSS
0.1%
top 69.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedApr 16
Latest updateJan 9

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: watch_queue: fix pipe accounting mismatch Currently, watch_queue_set_size() modifies the pipe buffers charged to user->pipe_bufs without updating the pipe->nr_accounted on the pipe itself, due to the if (!pipe_has_watch_queue()) test in pipe_resize_ring(). This means that when the pipe is ultimately freed, we decrement user->pipe_bufs by something other than what than we had charged to it, potentially leading to an underflow.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages6 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.10.2105.10.236+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.237-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-142.152+2
CVEListV5linux/linux162ae0e78bdabf84ef10c1293c4ed7865cb7d3c88658c75343ed00e5e154ebbe24335f51ba8db547+9
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.135-1 (bookworm)

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

32
OSV
linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2026-01-09
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities2025-12-17
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-11-25
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-11-24
OSV
linux-aws-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-11-12

📋Vendor Advisories

31
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities2026-01-09
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2025-12-17
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-11-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-11-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities2025-11-12