#VU114280 Use of uninitialized resource in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38574
Published: August 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114280
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-38574
CWE-ID: CWE-908
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
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 pptp_xmit() function in drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's repository.
External links
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a04db0fd75cb6034fc27a56b67b3b8b9022a98c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5005d24377378a20e5c0e53052fc4ebdcdcbc611
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/504cc4ab91073d2ac7404ad146139f86ecee7193
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b7dcda76fd0615c0599c89f36873a6cd48e02dbb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/de9c4861fb42f0cd72da844c3c34f692d5895b7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ea99b88b1999ebcb24d5d3a6b7910030f40d3bba