CVE-2025-38314 — Incorrect Calculation of Buffer Size in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 10
Latest updateDec 3
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio-pci: Fix result size returned for the admin command completion
The result size returned by virtio_pci_admin_dev_parts_get() is 8 bytes
larger than the actual result data size. This occurs because the
result_sg_size field of the command is filled with the result length
from virtqueue_get_buf(), which includes both the data size and an
additional 8 bytes of status.
This oversized result size causes two issues:
1. The sta…
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 Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linux704806ca400e5daa86c110f14bfdda9d28203bb7 — 920b6720bb63893b81516c0c45884a8350f9e4bf+2
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
9OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-12-03