CVE-2025-38223 — Reachable Assertion in Linux

CWE-617 — Reachable AssertionCWE-1284 — Improper Validation of Specified Quantity in Input17 documents6 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.19%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 4
Latest updateNov 4

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ceph: avoid kernel BUG for encrypted inode with unaligned file size The generic/397 test hits a BUG_ON for the case of encrypted inode with unaligned file size (for example, 33K or 1K): [ 877.737811] run fstests generic/397 at 2025-01-03 12:34:40 [ 877.875761] libceph: mon0 (2)127.0.0.1:40674 session established [ 877.876130] libceph: client4614 fsid 19b90bca-f1ae-47a6-93dd-0b03ee637949 [ 877.991965] libceph: mon0 (2)127.0.0.…

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_kernel6.12 — 6.12.35+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.35-1+1
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxee4cdf7ba857a894ad1650d6ab77669cbbfa329e — 75583606aeef357a524cf6afd07f4b653ae48964+3
▶debiandebian/linux< linux 6.12.35-1 (forky)

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
OSV
linux-hwe-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-11-04
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OSV
linux-gcp-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-31
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OSV
linux-aws-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-24
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OSV
linux-realtime-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14, linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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📋Vendor Advisories

8
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities↗2025-11-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-31
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities↗2025-10-22
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