CVE-2025-38589 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux
Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedAug 19
Latest updateDec 15
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
neighbour: Fix null-ptr-deref in neigh_flush_dev().
kernel test robot reported null-ptr-deref in neigh_flush_dev(). [0]
The cited commit introduced per-netdev neighbour list and converted
neigh_flush_dev() to use it instead of the global hash table.
One thing we missed is that neigh_table_clear() calls neigh_ifdown()
with NULL dev.
Let's restore the hash table iteration.
Note that IPv6 module is no longer unloadable, so ne…
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 Packages3 packages
▶CVEListV5linux/linuxf7f52738637f4361c108cad36e23ee98959a9006 — d9c4328795697ebc392a63fece3901999c09cddd+3
Patches
🔴Vulnerability Details
8OSV▶
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities↗2025-11-21