CVE-2025-38533Out-of-bounds Write in Linux

Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 95.51%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedAug 16
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: libwx: fix the using of Rx buffer DMA The wx_rx_buffer structure contained two DMA address fields: 'dma' and 'page_dma'. However, only 'page_dma' was actually initialized and used to program the Rx descriptor. But 'dma' was uninitialized and used in some paths. This could lead to undefined behavior, including DMA errors or use-after-free, if the uninitialized 'dma' was used. Althrough such error has not yet occurred, it

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 Packages8 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.36.6.100+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.12.41-1+1
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100
CVEListV5linux/linux3c47e8ae113a68da47987750d9896e325d0aeedd027701180a7bcb64c42eab291133ef0c87b5b6c5+4

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

24
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
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-2025-38533 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux | cvebase