CVE-2025-38456Out-of-bounds Write in Linux

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write48 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 92.21%
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: ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user() The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct "intf->intf_num" is not found. Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption. We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.

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_kernel5.196.1.146+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.147-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linux8e76741c3d8b20dfa2d6c30fa10ff927cfd93d82cbc1670297f675854e982d23c8583900ff0cc67a+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

25
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

22
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
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