CVE-2025-38018 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 74.61%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJun 18
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net/tls: fix kernel panic when alloc_page failed
We cannot set frag_list to NULL pointer when alloc_page failed.
It will be used in tls_strp_check_queue_ok when the next time
tls_strp_read_sock is called.
This is because we don't reset full_len in tls_strp_flush_anchor_copy()
so the recv path will try to continue handling the partial record
on the next call but we dettached the rcvq from the frag list.
Alternative fix would b…
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 Packages4 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 — 8f7f96549bc55e4ef3a6b499bc5011e5de2f46c4+5
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0