CVE-2025-38061

CVE-2025-38061: vulnerability in Linux

net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()

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3Vexday Risk Score

No sign of exploitation. No public exploitation artifact known so far.

ssvc Trackepss 0.2%
exploitation probability
0.2%top 91% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
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).
Affected products
Linux · Linux
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References
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41dfhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html