#VU114292 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38566
Published: August 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU114292
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-2025-38566
CWE-ID: CWE-399
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 resource management error within the svc_tcp_sock_process_cmsg(), svc_tcp_read_msg() and svc_tcp_read_marker() functions in net/sunrpc/svcsock.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/25bb3647d30a20486b5fe7cff2b0e503c16c9692
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b549da875414989f480b66835d514be80a0bd9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b33c31cc788073bfbed9297e1f4486ed73d87da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1df394621710b312f0393e3f240fdac0764f968
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee47cb026e762841f3faece47b51f985e215edb