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
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.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ee397eaaca4fa04db21bb98c8f1d0c6cc525368
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3feada5baf4dc96e151ff2ca54630e1d274e5458
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a55b3d15331859d9fdd261cfa6d34ca2aeb0fb95
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c36b2fbd60e8f9c6f975522130998608880c93be
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc5d59081fa26506d02de2127ab822f40d88bc5a