CVE-2025-38455NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedJul 25
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: KVM: SVM: Reject SEV{-ES} intra host migration if vCPU creation is in-flight Reject migration of SEV{-ES} state if either the source or destination VM is actively creating a vCPU, i.e. if kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu() is in the section between incrementing created_vcpus and online_vcpus. The bulk of vCPU creation runs _outside_ of kvm->lock to allow creating multiple vCPUs in parallel, and so sev_info.es_active can get toggled fr

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_kernel5.166.1.146+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.147-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linuxb56639318bb2be66aceba92836279714488709b4e0d9a7cf37ca09c513420dc88e0d0e805a4f0820+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

25
OSV
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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

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Ubuntu
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
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Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
CVE-2025-38455 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux | cvebase