CVE-2025-38193Integer Overflow or Wraparound in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.94%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 4
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net_sched: sch_sfq: reject invalid perturb period Gerrard Tai reported that SFQ perturb_period has no range check yet, and this can be used to trigger a race condition fixed in a separate patch. We want to make sure ctl->perturb_period * HZ will not overflow and is positive. tc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb -10 # negative value : error Error: sch_sfq: invalid perturb period. tc qd add dev lo root sfq perturb 1000000000 #

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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.135.4.297+8
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2e0936ff56be4e08ad5b60ec26971eae0c40af305+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

20
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-02-24
OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities2026-02-24

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 23H2 - Ancillary Function Driver for WinSock Privilege Escalation2025-05-09

📋Vendor Advisories

18
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2026-02-24

🕵️Threat Intelligence

1
Krebs
Microsoft Patch Tuesday, February 2025 Edition2025-02-12
CVE-2025-38193 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound | cvebase