CVE-2025-38165 — Missing Release of Memory after Effective Lifetime in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 89.05%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 3
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
bpf, sockmap: Fix panic when calling skb_linearize
The panic can be reproduced by executing the command:
./bench sockmap -c 2 -p 1 -a --rx-verdict-ingress --rx-strp 100000
Then a kernel panic was captured:
'''
[ 657.460555] kernel BUG at net/core/skbuff.c:2178!
[ 657.462680] Tainted: [W]=WARN
[ 657.463287] Workqueue: events sk_psock_backlog
...
[ 657.469610]
[ 657.469738] ? die+0x36/0x90
[ 657.469916] ? do_trap+0x1d0/0x270
[ …
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/linux65ad600b9bde68d2d28709943ab00b51ca8f0a1d — 4dba44333a11522df54b49aa1f2edfaf6ce35fc7+7
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0