CVE-2025-38273Linux vulnerability

24 documents7 sources
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 86.64%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateDec 3

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tipc: fix refcount warning in tipc_aead_encrypt syzbot reported a refcount warning [1] caused by calling get_net() on a network namespace that is being destroyed (refcount=0). This happens when a TIPC discovery timer fires during network namespace cleanup. The recently added get_net() call in commit e279024617134 ("net/tipc: fix slab-use-after-free Read in tipc_aead_encrypt_done") attempts to hold a reference to the netw

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_kernel6.12.316.12.34+7
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-156.166
CVEListV5linux/linuxd42ed4de6aba232d946d20653a70f79158a6535b445d59025d76d0638b03110f8791d5b89ed5162d+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

12
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-aws-5.15, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-5.15, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-hwe-5.15, linux-ibm, linux-ibm-5.15, linux-intel-iotg, linux-intel-iotg-5.15, linux-lowlatency, linux-lowlate2025-12-03
OSV
linux-nvidia-tegra-igx vulnerabilities2025-10-06
OSV
linux-kvm vulnerabilities2025-10-01
OSV
linux-azure-5.15 vulnerabilities2025-10-01
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2025-09-26

📋Vendor Advisories

11
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities2025-10-06
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities2025-10-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-10-01
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-09-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities2025-09-25
CVE-2025-38273 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase