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Full vulnerability report · 2025
CVE-2025-38260High confidence

btrfs: handle csum tree error with rescue=ibadroots correctly

Linux · Linux

5.5MediumCVSS 3.1
Recommended action
Patch only the product branches with a verified fix

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 21 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Fix availability varies by product
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Published severityMediumOperational priority:Low, lowered one band.downgradedsince 11 May 2026

Evidence used

  • No CISA KEV confirmation is currently recorded.
  • Exploitation requires an existing local or physical foothold with privileges.
  • EPSS is 0.15% for the current model date.

Compensating controls

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  • Restrict local access and enforce least privilege on affected hosts.
  • Monitor vendor guidance and exploitation sources for a material change.

Verification

  1. Confirm that the asset runs Linux Linux and falls inside the recorded affected range.
  2. Verify the installed build against the product-specific fixed version after deployment.
  3. Validate exposure, authentication requirements and compensating controls in the actual environment.
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Mitigation target: No default targetRemediation target: Normal maintenance

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Cross-source reconciliation

Remediation availability differs by product scope

Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 21 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

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Release-specific package status

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25 package states
Package result overrides the generic status

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Distribution releaseSource packageVendor stateFixed versionEvidence
Debian trixietrixie · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.12.37-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026
Debian bookwormbookworm · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.1.147-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026
Debian forkyforky · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.12.37-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026
Debian sidsid · sourcelinuxVendor fix publishedDebian records a fixed source-package version for this release.6.12.37-1Debian Security Tracker ↗Source updated 6 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinuxAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-awsAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azureAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-fdeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-azure-nvidiaAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gcpAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gkeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-gkeopAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-ibmAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-intelAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-lowlatencyAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidiaAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidia-lowlatencyAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-nvidia-tegraAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oem-6.11Affected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-oracleAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspiAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-raspi-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-realtimeAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-riscvAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
Ubuntu 24.04 LTSnoble · standard archivelinux-xilinxAffected, no fix publishedCanonical OVAL identifies this running kernel flavour as affected and does not publish a fixed package version in this definition.Not published in this feedCanonical Ubuntu Security ↗Source updated 5 Oct 2026
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ENISA European Vulnerability Database

Official EUVD identifiers, advisory evidence and known-exploited context. Missing fields are not treated as evidence of low risk.

1 current
ENISA EUVD identifier

EUVD-2025-20801

No EUVD known-exploited evidence

ENISA has published the identifier mapping but no EUVD description has been stored yet.

EUVD state
Present in the current official mapping
Known exploitation
Not present in the current ENISA EUVD known-exploited dataset. This is not proof of no exploitation.
ENISA score
Not supplied in the stored EUVD record
Advisory evidence
No linked advisory details stored yet
Recommended actionPatch only the product branches with a verified fix

Medium technical severity with no CISA KEV confirmation; remediate through the normal risk-based patch cycle unless local exposure raises the priority. Verified remediation exists for at least one product or source, but 21 structured product or package states remain unresolved. Apply remediation only to the exact product branch confirmed by its source.

Fix availability varies by product
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What, why and how

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: handle csum tree error with rescue=ibadroots correctly [BUG] There is syzbot based reproducer that can crash the kernel, with the following call trace: (With some debug output added) DEBUG: rescue=ibadroots parsed BTRFS: device fsid 14d642db-7b15-43e4-81e6-4b8fac6a25f8 devid 1 transid 8 /dev/loop0 (7:0) scanned by repro (1010) BTRFS info (device loop0): first mount of filesystem 14d642db-7b15-43e4-81e6-4b8fac6a25f8 BTRFS info (device loop0): using blake2b (blake2b-256-generic) checksum algorithm BTRFS info (device loop0): using free-space-tree BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5312512 mirror 1 wanted 0xb043382657aede36608fd3386d6b001692ff406164733d94e2d9a180412c6003 found 0x810ceb2bacb7f0f9eb2bf3b2b15c02af867cb35ad450898169f3b1f0bd818651 level 0 DEBUG: read tree root path failed for tree csum, ret=-5 BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5328896 mirror 1 wanted 0x51be4e8b303da58e6340226815b70e3a93592dac3f30dd510c7517454de8567a found 0x51be4e8b303da58e634022a315b70e3a93592dac3f30dd510c7517454de8567a level 0 BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5292032 mirror 1 wanted 0x1924ccd683be9efc2fa98582ef58760e3848e9043db8649ee382681e220cdee4 found 0x0cb6184f6e8799d9f8cb335dccd1d1832da1071d12290dab3b85b587ecacca6e level 0 process 'repro' launched './file2' with NULL argv: empty string added DEBUG: no csum root, idatacsums=0 ibadroots=134217728 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000041: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000208-0x000000000000020f] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1010 Comm: repro Tainted: G OE 6.15.0-custom+ #249 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:btrfs_lookup_csum+0x93/0x3d0 [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK> btrfs_lookup_bio_sums+0x47a/0xdf0 [btrfs] btrfs_submit_bbio+0x43e/0x1a80 [btrfs] submit_one_bio+0xde/0x160 [btrfs] btrfs_readahead+0x498/0x6a0 [btrfs] read_pages+0x1c3/0xb20 page_cache_ra_order+0x4b5/0xc20 filemap_get_pages+0x2d3/0x19e0 filemap_read+0x314/0xde0 __kernel_read+0x35b/0x900 bprm_execve+0x62e/0x1140 do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x3fc/0x520 __x64_sys_execveat+0xdc/0x130 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [CAUSE] Firstly the fs has a corrupted csum tree root, thus to mount the fs we have to go "ro,rescue=ibadroots" mount option. Normally with that mount option, a bad csum tree root should set BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS flag, so that any future data read will ignore csum search. But in this particular case, we have the following call trace that caused NULL csum root, but not setting BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS: load_global_roots_objectid(): ret = btrfs_search_slot(); /* Succeeded */ btrfs_item_key_to_cpu() found = true; /* We found the root item for csum tree. */ root = read_tree_root_path(); if (IS_ERR(root)) { if (!btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, IGNOREBADROOTS)) /* * Since we have rescue=ibadroots mount option, * @ret is still 0. */ break; if (!found || ret) { /* @found is true, @ret is 0, error handling for csum * tree is skipped. */ } This means we completely skipped to set BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS if the csum tree is corrupted, which results unexpected later csum lookup. [FIX] If read_tree_root_path() failed, always populate @ret to the error number. As at the end of the function, we need @ret to determine if we need to do the extra error handling for csum tree.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: handle csum tree error with rescue=ibadroots correctly [BUG] There is syzbot based reproducer that can crash the kernel, with the following call trace: (With some debug output added) DEBUG: rescue=ibadroots parsed BTRFS: device fsid 14d642db-7b15-43e4-81e6-4b8fac6a25f8 devid 1 transid 8 /dev/loop0 (7:0) scanned by repro (1010) BTRFS info (device loop0): first mount of filesystem 14d642db-7b15-43e4-81e6-4b8fac6a25f8 BTRFS info (device loop0): using blake2b (blake2b-256-generic) checksum algorithm BTRFS info (device loop0): using free-space-tree BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5312512 mirror 1 wanted 0xb043382657aede36608fd3386d6b001692ff406164733d94e2d9a180412c6003 found 0x810ceb2bacb7f0f9eb2bf3b2b15c02af867cb35ad450898169f3b1f0bd818651 level 0 DEBUG: read tree root path failed for tree csum, ret=-5 BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5328896 mirror 1 wanted 0x51be4e8b303da58e6340226815b70e3a93592dac3f30dd510c7517454de8567a found 0x51be4e8b303da58e634022a315b70e3a93592dac3f30dd510c7517454de8567a level 0 BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5292032 mirror 1 wanted 0x1924ccd683be9efc2fa98582ef58760e3848e9043db8649ee382681e220cdee4 found 0x0cb6184f6e8799d9f8cb335dccd1d1832da1071d12290dab3b85b587ecacca6e level 0 process 'repro' launched './file2' with NULL argv: empty string added DEBUG: no csum root, idatacsums=0 ibadroots=134217728 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000041: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000208-0x000000000000020f] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1010 Comm: repro Tainted: G OE 6.15.0-custom+ #249 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:btrfs_lookup_csum+0x93/0x3d0 [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK> btrfs_lookup_bio_sums+0x47a/0xdf0 [btrfs] btrfs_submit_bbio+0x43e/0x1a80 [btrfs] submit_one_bio+0xde/0x160 [btrfs] btrfs_readahead+0x498/0x6a0 [btrfs] read_pages+0x1c3/0xb20 page_cache_ra_order+0x4b5/0xc20 filemap_get_pages+0x2d3/0x19e0 filemap_read+0x314/0xde0 __kernel_read+0x35b/0x900 bprm_execve+0x62e/0x1140 do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x3fc/0x520 __x64_sys_execveat+0xdc/0x130 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [CAUSE] Firstly the fs has a corrupted csum tree root, thus to mount the fs we have to go "ro,rescue=ibadroots" mount option. Normally with that mount option, a bad csum tree root should set BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS flag, so that any future data read will ignore csum search. But in this particular case, we have the following call trace that caused NULL csum root, but not setting BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS: load_global_roots_objectid(): ret = btrfs_search_slot(); /* Succeeded */ btrfs_item_key_to_cpu() found = true; /* We found the root item for csum tree. */ root = read_tree_root_path(); if (IS_ERR(root)) { if (!btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, IGNOREBADROOTS)) /* * Since we have rescue=ibadroots mount option, * @ret is still 0. */ break; if (!found || ret) { /* @found is true, @ret is 0, error handling for csum * tree is skipped. */ } This means we completely skipped to set BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS if the csum tree is corrupted, which results unexpected later csum lookup. [FIX] If read_tree_root_path() failed, always populate @ret to the error number. As at the end of the function, we need @ret to determine if we need to do the extra error handling for csum tree.

Why

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

What

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: btrfs: handle csum tree error with rescue=ibadroots correctly [BUG] There is syzbot based reproducer that can crash the kernel, with the following call trace: (With some debug output added) DEBUG: rescue=ibadroots parsed BTRFS: device fsid 14d642db-7b15-43e4-81e6-4b8fac6a25f8 devid 1 transid 8 /dev/loop0 (7:0) scanned by repro (1010) BTRFS info (device loop0): first mount of filesystem 14d642db-7b15-43e4-81e6-4b8fac6a25f8 BTRFS info (device loop0): using blake2b (blake2b-256-generic) checksum algorithm BTRFS info (device loop0): using free-space-tree BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5312512 mirror 1 wanted 0xb043382657aede36608fd3386d6b001692ff406164733d94e2d9a180412c6003 found 0x810ceb2bacb7f0f9eb2bf3b2b15c02af867cb35ad450898169f3b1f0bd818651 level 0 DEBUG: read tree root path failed for tree csum, ret=-5 BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5328896 mirror 1 wanted 0x51be4e8b303da58e6340226815b70e3a93592dac3f30dd510c7517454de8567a found 0x51be4e8b303da58e634022a315b70e3a93592dac3f30dd510c7517454de8567a level 0 BTRFS warning (device loop0): checksum verify failed on logical 5292032 mirror 1 wanted 0x1924ccd683be9efc2fa98582ef58760e3848e9043db8649ee382681e220cdee4 found 0x0cb6184f6e8799d9f8cb335dccd1d1832da1071d12290dab3b85b587ecacca6e level 0 process 'repro' launched './file2' with NULL argv: empty string added DEBUG: no csum root, idatacsums=0 ibadroots=134217728 Oops: general protection fault, probably for non-canonical address 0xdffffc0000000041: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN NOPTI KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range [0x0000000000000208-0x000000000000020f] CPU: 5 UID: 0 PID: 1010 Comm: repro Tainted: G OE 6.15.0-custom+ #249 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS unknown 02/02/2022 RIP: 0010:btrfs_lookup_csum+0x93/0x3d0 [btrfs] Call Trace: <TASK> btrfs_lookup_bio_sums+0x47a/0xdf0 [btrfs] btrfs_submit_bbio+0x43e/0x1a80 [btrfs] submit_one_bio+0xde/0x160 [btrfs] btrfs_readahead+0x498/0x6a0 [btrfs] read_pages+0x1c3/0xb20 page_cache_ra_order+0x4b5/0xc20 filemap_get_pages+0x2d3/0x19e0 filemap_read+0x314/0xde0 __kernel_read+0x35b/0x900 bprm_execve+0x62e/0x1140 do_execveat_common.isra.0+0x3fc/0x520 __x64_sys_execveat+0xdc/0x130 do_syscall_64+0x54/0x1d0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [CAUSE] Firstly the fs has a corrupted csum tree root, thus to mount the fs we have to go "ro,rescue=ibadroots" mount option. Normally with that mount option, a bad csum tree root should set BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS flag, so that any future data read will ignore csum search. But in this particular case, we have the following call trace that caused NULL csum root, but not setting BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS: load_global_roots_objectid(): ret = btrfs_search_slot(); /* Succeeded */ btrfs_item_key_to_cpu() found = true; /* We found the root item for csum tree. */ root = read_tree_root_path(); if (IS_ERR(root)) { if (!btrfs_test_opt(fs_info, IGNOREBADROOTS)) /* * Since we have rescue=ibadroots mount option, * @ret is still 0. */ break; if (!found || ret) { /* @found is true, @ret is 0, error handling for csum * tree is skipped. */ } This means we completely skipped to set BTRFS_FS_STATE_NO_DATA_CSUMS if the csum tree is corrupted, which results unexpected later csum lookup. [FIX] If read_tree_root_path() failed, always populate @ret to the error number. As at the end of the function, we need @ret to determine if we need to do the extra error handling for csum tree.

Why

The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

How

An attacker operating through local access may attempt exploitation with low privileges. If successful, the issue may disrupt the affected service.

02

Exploit reality and attack path

CVSS severity, EPSS forecast probability, public exploit material and CISA-confirmed exploitation are separate signals.

Observed exploitation
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
No confirmed evidence

No CISA KEV match was present at the last successful refresh. This means no confirmation from that source, not proof of no exploitation.

Public PoC / exploit material
?Confirmed exploitation and public exploit material are separate signals. Attacks can occur without public proof-of-concept or exploit code.
None recorded

No exploit-tagged reference or CISA SSVC proof-of-concept state is currently recorded. Research may still exist outside the structured feeds.

Likely attack path
local access → NULL Pointer Dereference → disrupt the affected service
Attack surface
Local
Privileges required
Low: a basic authenticated account is required
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low: no specialised conditions are recorded
Security boundary
Unchanged: impact remains within the vulnerable component's security authority
Weakness
?CWE means Common Weakness Enumeration: a standard category for the underlying weakness.
CWE-476 ↗

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. The product dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid but is NULL.

CVSS vector
?CVSS means Common Vulnerability Scoring System. The vector records the metric values used to calculate technical severity.
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Common Vulnerability Scoring System 3.1: the compact vector below is decoded into plain language.

AVLocalAttack vector: The attacker needs local access to the vulnerable system.ACLowAttack complexity: No specialised conditions are required beyond attacker-controlled input.PRLowPrivileges required: The attacker needs basic user-level privileges.UINoneUser interaction: No action by another user is required.SUnchangedScope: The security impact remains within the vulnerable component's authority.CNoneConfidentiality impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.INoneIntegrity impact: No direct loss is represented by this metric.AHighAvailability impact: A successful attack can cause a major loss.
Post-exploitation / living off the land
The issue can support a local privilege or sandbox boundary transition; normal system utilities may then be available in the gained context.
Denial of serviceCWE-476
A

Official authority intelligence

Only matched European and national findings are included. Language selectors and unavailable sources are omitted.

BSI · German · WID-SEC-2025-1517Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service

Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial of Service Angriff durchzuführen oder nicht näher spezifizierte Auswirkungen zu erzielen.

Official advisory ↗
Cyber Security Agency of Singapore · English · CSA-SB-20250716Security Bulletin 16 Jul 2025 [922 KB]

The Cyber Security Agency of Singapore included this CVE in its official Security Bulletin 16 Jul 2025 [922 KB], published on 16 July 2025. Open the linked bulletin for the product, severity and reference information published in that issue.

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0246Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38248 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38265 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38269 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38274 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0227Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38248 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38265 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38269 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38274 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware

d?id=CVE-2025-38248 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38265 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38269 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38274 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0194Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38248 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38265 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38269 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38274 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2026-AVI-0169Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38248 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38250 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38265 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38265 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38269 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38269 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38274 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38274 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0977Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38254 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38254 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38256 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38256 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38261 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38320 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38320 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38321 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38322 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38322 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38323 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0949Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38254 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38254 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38256 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38256 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38261 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38320 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38320 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38321 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38322 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38322 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38324 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0922Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu

d?id=CVE-2025-38250 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38253 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38253 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38254 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38254 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38255 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38255 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38256 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38256 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38258 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38258 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38261 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38261 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38264 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38264 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38320 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38320 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38321 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38321 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38322 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38322 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38324 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0894Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS

d?id=CVE-2025-38231 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38236 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38236 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38237 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38237 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38239 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38239 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38245 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38245 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38273 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38273 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38277 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38280 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38280 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38282 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38282 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
CERT-FR · French · CERTFR-2025-AVI-0698Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian

d?id=CVE-2025-38230 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38231 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38231 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38236 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38236 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38239 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38239 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38245 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38245 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38249 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38249 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38251 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38251 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38257 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38257 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38259 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38259 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38260 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38260 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38262 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38262 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38263 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38263 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38273 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38273 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38275 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38275 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38277 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38277 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38280 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38280 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38282 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38282 Référence CVE CVE-2025-38285 https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=

Official advisory ↗
JVN iPedia · Japanese · JVNDB-2025-022812Linux の Linux Kernel 等複数ベンダの製品における NULL ポインタデリファレンスに関する脆弱性

Linux の Linux Kernel 等複数ベンダの製品には、NULL ポインタデリファレンスに関する脆弱性が存在します。

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03

Patch and workaround

Operational remediation based on structured source evidence.

Status
?Patch availability is based on structured fixed-version fields and authoritative update references. If no fix is verified, check the vendor advisory before making a change.
Fix availability varies by product
Affected
Linux: abed4aaae4f71a7bcdbe90a65319b6e772a2689d < f8ce11903211542a61f05c02caedd2edfb4256b8, abed4aaae4f71a7bcdbe90a65319b6e772a2689d < fc97a116dc4929905538bc0bd3af7faa51192957, abed4aaae4f71a7bcdbe90a65319b6e772a2689d < bbe9231fe611a54a447962494472f604419bad59, abed4aaae4f71a7bcdbe90a65319b6e772a2689d < 3f5c4a996f8f4fecd24a3eb344a307c50af895c2, abed4aaae4f71a7bcdbe90a65319b6e772a2689d < 547e836661554dcfa15c212a3821664e85b4191a, 5.17
Fixed
Linux: < 5.17, 6.1.143 ≤ 6.1.*, 6.6.96 ≤ 6.6.*, 6.12.36 ≤ 6.12.*, 6.15.5 ≤ 6.15.*, 6.16 ≤ *
Action
Use the product-specific evidence above. Patch only products with a verified fixed release, and keep every affected or under-investigation state without a matching fix in the remediation queue.
Workaround
No verified workaround is recorded. Limit untrusted access and use least privilege until authoritative guidance is available.
04

Evidence and provenance

Published 9 Jul 2025 · Last source change 11 May 2026, 21:24 UTC · CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference

CVE recordCVE.org · 5.2
CVSS sourceNIST NVD
EPSS source
?The date BlackTree first stored a score for this CVE from the daily FIRST EPSS feed.
FIRST · tracked since 2026-08-14
European sourceENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-20801
Product sourceCNA
Remediation sourceCVE/CNA references
CWE sourceNIST NVD
NVD statusNVD enriched

Core structured fields are present and their contributing authorities are shown above.

Material change intelligence

What changed after publication

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No material field changes have been recorded since change tracking began. Routine source refreshes and cosmetic edits are intentionally excluded.

Material fields only · duplicate refreshes suppressed · history retained for the configured operational retention period
Technical terms and abbreviations used in this report
CVE
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures: the public identifier for one disclosed vulnerability.
CVSS
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: a technical severity framework; it is not patching priority by itself.
EPSS
Exploit Prediction Scoring System: FIRST's estimate of the probability that exploitation activity will be observed in the next 30 days; it is a forecast, not confirmation.
CWE
Common Weakness Enumeration: the standard category describing the underlying software or hardware weakness.
CNA
CVE Numbering Authority: an organisation authorised to assign and publish CVE records.
CISA ADP
Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency Authorized Data Publisher: structured enrichment added to a CVE record.
NVD
National Vulnerability Database: NIST's enrichment service for CVE records.
CERT / CSIRT
A computer security incident response team that publishes warnings or coordinates incident response.
PoC
Proof of concept: public material that demonstrates or helps reproduce exploitation.
CSAF
Common Security Advisory Framework: a machine-readable format for security advisories.
LoTL
Living off the land: abuse of legitimate tools or system functions during an attack.
Free version - for non-commercial use only.CVE-2025-38260 · cve.blacktree.nl