CVE-2025-38061
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net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()
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).
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
June 18, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
1843 explicit affected versions
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38061
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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).
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41df
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38061.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38061