CVE-2025-38589NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 97.57%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
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

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.136.15.10+1
debiandebian/linux
CVEListV5linux/linuxf7f52738637f4361c108cad36e23ee98959a9006d9c4328795697ebc392a63fece3901999c09cddd+3

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

8
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.14 vulnerabilities2025-12-15
OSV
linux-gcp-6.14, linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-12-04
OSV
linux-aws-6.14, linux-oracle-6.14 vulnerabilities2025-11-26
OSV
linux-oem-6.14 vulnerabilities2025-11-21
OSV
linux, linux-aws, linux-gcp, linux-hwe-6.14, linux-oracle, linux-realtime vulnerabilities2025-11-21

📋Vendor Advisories

7
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-12-15
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-12-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-11-26
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-11-21
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (OEM) vulnerabilities2025-11-21
CVE-2025-38589 — NULL Pointer Dereference in Linux | cvebase