What is CVE-2025-38061?

CVE-2025-38061 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and patched in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185 and others. CVE-2025-38061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38061?

CVE-2025-38061 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-38061?

Yes, CVE-2025-38061 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-38061 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-38061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-38061

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write() Honour the user given buffer size for the strn_len() calls (otherwise strn_len() will access memory outside of the user given buffer).

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-06-18

Last modified 2025-12-18

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 2.6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185, 6.1.141, 6.6.93, 6.12.31, 6.14.9, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 2.6.12

Fixed in

✓ 5.4.294 5.4.x ✓ 5.10.238 5.10.x ✓ 5.15.185 5.15.x ✓ 6.1.141 6.1.x ✓ 6.6.93 6.6.x ✓ 6.12.31 6.12.x ✓ 6.14.9 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-38061 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html

Third Party Advisory
Debian Security
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

Third Party Advisory
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6
Patch

8 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-38061

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-06-18

Modified 2025-12-18

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38061?

CVE-2025-38061 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 2.6.12 onward and has been patched in 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185 and others. CVE-2025-38061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-38061?

CVE-2025-38061 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-38061?

Yes — CVE-2025-38061 has been patched. Fixed versions include 5.4.294, 5.10.238, 5.15.185 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 2.6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-38061 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-38061 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.