Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38441
Published: July 27, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113301
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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-2025-38441
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to use of uninitialized resource within the include/net/netfilter/nf_flow_table.h. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38441
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18cdb3d982da8976b28d57691eb256ec5688fad2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fbc49429a23b02595ba82536c5ea425fdabb221
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3aea97d55964e70a1e6426aa4cafdc036e8a2dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfbf0665969af2c69d10c377d4c3d306e717efb4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0dd2e9729660f3f4fcb16e0aef87342911528ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eed8960b289327235185b7c32649c3470a3e969b