CVE-2025-38332Improper Null Termination in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV5.6OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.46%
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: scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version The strlcat() with FORTIFY support is triggering a panic because it thinks the target buffer will overflow although the correct target buffer size is passed in. Anyway, instead of memset() with 0 followed by a strlcat(), just use memcpy() and ensure that the resulting buffer is NULL terminated. BIOSVersion is only used for the lpfc_printf_log() which expects a properly terminated str

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_kernel5.55.10.239+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 5.10.244-1+3
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 5.15.0-156.166+1
CVEListV5linux/linuxb3b4f3e1d575fe142fd437158425c2359b695ff1ac7bfaa099ec3e4d7dfd0ab9726fc3bc7911365d+8

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

34
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

📋Vendor Advisories

32
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
CVE-2025-38332 — Improper Null Termination in Linux | cvebase