CVE-2025-38280Always-Incorrect Control Flow Implementation in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.66%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails syzkaller reported an issue: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 217 at kernel/bpf/core.c:2357 __bpf_prog_ret0_warn+0xa/0x20 kernel/bpf/core.c:2357 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:6 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4-syzkaller-00040-g8bac8898fe39 RIP: 0010:__bpf_prog_ret0_warn+0xa/0x20 kernel/bpf/core.c:2357 Call Trace: bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1316 [inline]

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel4.9.1904.10+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.147-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-156.166+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxfa9dd599b4dae841924b022768354cfde9affecbe7fb4ebee6e900899d2b2e5852c3e2eafcbcad66+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

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📋Vendor Advisories

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Ubuntu
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Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
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Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
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Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
CVE-2025-38280 — Linux vulnerability | cvebase