Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38060

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Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU111643

Infinite loop in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38060

Published: June 20, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU111643
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4 BT: 4.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38060
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop within the copy_verifier_state() function in kernel/bpf/verifier.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Affected software

Linux kernel
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 15
SUSE Linux Enterprise Micro
SUSE Linux Enterprise Live Patching
Confidential Computing Module
Legacy Module
Development Tools Module
Basesystem Module
openSUSE Leap
Ubuntu
openEuler
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-livepatch
kernel-default-livepatch-devel
kernel-default-debugsource
kernel-default-debuginfo
kernel-default
kernel-coco_debug
kernel-coco-debugsource
kernel-coco_debug-devel
kernel-coco-devel
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-coco-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo
kernel-coco
reiserfs-kmp-coco
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-syms-coco
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource
kernel-devel-coco
kernel-source-coco
kernel-obs-qa
dtb-mediatek
dtb-hisilicon
dtb-amlogic
dtb-socionext
kernel-obs-build
dtb-sprd
dtb-exynos
dtb-cavium
dtb-altera
kernel-docs-html
kernel-obs-build-debugsource
dtb-rockchip
kernel-docs
dtb-xilinx
dtb-lg
dtb-renesas
dtb-apple
dtb-arm
dtb-amd
dtb-allwinner
dtb-aarch64
dtb-qcom
dtb-nvidia
dtb-apm
dtb-broadcom
dtb-amazon
dtb-marvell
dtb-freescale
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo
kernel-syms
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-64kb
kernel-64kb-extra
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-64kb
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debugsource
dlm-kmp-64kb
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo
kernel-zfcpdump
kernel-kvmsmall
kernel-debug
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-64kb
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-devel
kernel-64kb
kernel-64kb-optional
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo
reiserfs-kmp-64kb
kernel-macros
kernel-source
kernel-devel
kernel-source-vanilla
kselftests-kmp-64kb
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo
kernel-debug-devel
kernel-debug-debuginfo
kernel-debug-debugsource
kernel-debug-vdso
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo
kernel-kvmsmall-devel
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-vdso
reiserfs-kmp-default
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default
ocfs2-kmp-default
cluster-md-kmp-default
kernel-default-optional
kernel-default-devel
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kselftests-kmp-default
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo
kernel-default-base
kernel-default-base-rebuild
kernel-tools-debuginfo
kernel-tools
python3-perf
kernel-tools-devel
perf
python3-perf-debuginfo
kernel
kernel-headers
kernel-debugsource
kernel-debuginfo
perf-debuginfo
bpftool-debuginfo
bpftool
kernel-extra-modules
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package)
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package)
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package)
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package)
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-oracle-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package)

How to mitigate CVE-2025-38060

Install update from vendor's repository.

kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP5_Update_28-debugsource - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-5_14_21-150500_55_113-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150500.11.3.1
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13-debugsource - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-livepatch-6_4_0-150600_23_60-default-debuginfo - update to 1-150600.13.6.4
kernel-default-livepatch - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-livepatch-devel - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debugsource - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-debuginfo - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default - addressed in versions 5.14.21-150500.55.113.1, 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-coco_debug - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-devel - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
reiserfs-kmp-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-syms-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-coco_debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-devel-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-source-coco - update to 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1
kernel-obs-qa - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2
dtb-mediatek - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-hisilicon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amlogic - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-socionext - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-sprd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-exynos - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-cavium - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-altera - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs-html - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-obs-build-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-rockchip - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-docs - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-xilinx - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-lg - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-renesas - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apple - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-arm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amd - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-allwinner - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-aarch64 - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-qcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-nvidia - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-apm - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-broadcom - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-amazon - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-marvell - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
dtb-freescale - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3
kernel-kvmsmall-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-syms - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-zfcpdump - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
dlm-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
gfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-64kb-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
reiserfs-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-macros - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-source-vanilla - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kselftests-kmp-64kb - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-debug-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debugsource - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
kernel-kvmsmall-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
ocfs2-kmp-64kb-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4
cluster-md-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
dlm-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-vdso - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
cluster-md-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-optional-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
gfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kselftests-kmp-default - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
reiserfs-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
ocfs2-kmp-default-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-devel-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-extra-debuginfo - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5
kernel-default-base - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-default-base-rebuild - update to 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4
kernel-tools-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-source - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-tools - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
python3-perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-tools-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
perf - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
python3-perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-headers - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-devel - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-debugsource - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
perf-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
bpftool-debuginfo - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
bpftool - addressed in versions 6.6.0-99.0.0.91, 6.6.0-99.0.0.102, 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
kernel-extra-modules - update to 6.6.0-101.0.0.107
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100, 6.8.0-1047.51, 6.14.0-32.32, 6.14.0-32.32.1, 6.14.0-32.32.1~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1013.13, 6.14.0-1016.17, 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1
linux-aws-fips (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100+fips1, 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
linux-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-100.100.1
linux-hwe-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1, 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1
linux-xilinx (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0.1023.24, 6.8.0-1023.24
linux-aws (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1030.33, 6.8.0-1043.44, 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1, 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
linux-gcp (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1043.48, 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-ibm (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1044.44, 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1
linux-nvidia-lowlatency (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.49.1
linux-azure (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-1046.52, 6.14.0-1012.12
linux-azure-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
linux-gcp-fips (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1
linux-gcp-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2
linux-azure-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
linux-raspi-realtime (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.8.0-2037.38, 6.8.1-1041.42
linux-realtime-6.8 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1
linux-aws-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-oem-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1012.12
linux-realtime-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1
linux-oracle-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
linux-raspi (Ubuntu package) - update to 6.14.0-1014.14

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