CVE-2025-38310 (GCVE-0-2025-38310)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-10 07:42 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:25
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses
The kernel currently validates that the length of the provided nexthop
address does not exceed the specified length. This can lead to the
kernel reading uninitialized memory if user space provided a shorter
length than the specified one.
Fix by validating that the provided length exactly matches the specified
one.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
Assigner
References
7 references
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
d1df6fd8a1d22d37cffa0075ab8ad423ce656777 , < 668923c474608dd9ebce0fbcc41bd8a27aa73dd6
(git)
Affected: d1df6fd8a1d22d37cffa0075ab8ad423ce656777 , < cef33a86bcb04ecf4dc10c56f6c42ee9d1c54bac (git) Affected: d1df6fd8a1d22d37cffa0075ab8ad423ce656777 , < d2507aeea45b3c5aa24d5daae0cf3db76895c0b7 (git) Affected: d1df6fd8a1d22d37cffa0075ab8ad423ce656777 , < d5d9fd13bc19a3f9f2a951c5b6e934d84205789e (git) Affected: d1df6fd8a1d22d37cffa0075ab8ad423ce656777 , < cd4cd09810211fa23609c5c1018352e9e1cd8e5a (git) Affected: d1df6fd8a1d22d37cffa0075ab8ad423ce656777 , < 7632fedb266d93ed0ed9f487133e6c6314a9b2d1 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
4.14
Unaffected: 0 , < 4.14 (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.186 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.142 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.94 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.34 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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