Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38571

 

Incorrect calculation in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38571

Published: August 20, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114294
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-2025-38571
CWE-ID: CWE-682
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The vulnerability exists due to incorrect calculation within the xs_alloc_sparse_pages(), xs_sock_process_cmsg(), xs_sock_recvmsg() and xs_read_discard() functions in net/sunrpc/xprtsock.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-38571

Install update from vendor's repository.

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