CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38184

HighCVSS 7.8
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.17%

7th percentile - higher than 7% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's TIPC module, a null-ptr-deref vulnerability was found when retrieving the remote IP for an Ethernet bearer. When the bearer ID (bid) is non-zero and skip count (skip_cnt) is non-zero, accessing bearer_list[bid] may return NULL or a pointer to another bearer if another thread modified it.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability can lead to a NULL pointer dereference, causing a kernel panic and potentially being exploited for a DoS attack.

Recommendation

Update the Linux kernel to a version that includes the fix, which adds a check for media_id before accessing bearer_list[bid].

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tipc: fix null-ptr-deref when acquiring remote ip of ethernet bearer The reproduction steps: 1. create a tun interface 2. enable l2 bearer 3. TIPC_NL_UDP_GET_REMOTEIP with media name set to tun tipc: Started in network mode tipc: Node identity 8af312d38a21, cluster identity 4711 tipc: Enabled bearer <eth:syz_tun>, priority 1 Oops: general protection fault KASAN: null-ptr-deref in range CPU: 1 UID: 1000 PID: 559 Comm: poc Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1+ #117 PREEMPT Hardware name: QEMU Ubuntu 24.04 PC RIP: 0010:tipc_udp_nl_dump_remoteip+0x4a4/0x8f0 the ub was in fact a struct dev. when bid != 0 && skip_cnt != 0, bearer_list[bid] may be NULL or other media when other thread changes it. fix this by checking media_id.

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