CVE-2025-38471 — Use After Free in Linux

CWE-416 — Use After FreeCWE-617 — Reachable Assertion49 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 93.63%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux
Timeline
PublishedJul 28
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock After recent changes in net-next TCP compacts skbs much more aggressively. This unearthed a bug in TLS where we may try to operate on an old skb when checking if all skbs in the queue have matching decrypt state and geometry. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tls_strp_check_rcv+0x898/0x9a0 [tls] (net/tls/tls_strp.c:436 net/tls/tls_strp.c:530 net/tls/tls_strp.c:544) Read of size…

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_kernel6.0.6 — 6.1+6
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.147-1+2
▶Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
▶CVEListV5linux/linux0d87bbd39d7fd1135ab9eca672d760470f6508e8 — 730fed2ff5e259495712518e18d9f521f61972bb+6

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

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OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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📋Vendor Advisories

23
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-25
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities↗2026-03-04
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities↗2026-02-24
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