CVE-2025-38251
Not scored
atm: clip: prevent NULL deref in clip_push()
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: clip: prevent NULL deref in clip_push() Blamed commit missed that vcc_destroy_socket() calls clip_push() with a NULL skb. If clip_devs is NULL, clip_push() then crashes when reading skb->truesize.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 9, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38251
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: clip: prevent NULL deref in clip_push() Blamed commit missed that vcc_destroy_socket() calls clip_push() with a NULL skb. If clip_devs is NULL, clip_push() then crashes when reading skb->truesize.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c709dce16999bf6a1d2ce377deb5dd6fdd8cb08
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/41f6420ee845006354c004839fed07da71e34aee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/88c88f91f4b3563956bb52e7a71a3640f7ece157
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9199e8cb75f13a1650adcb3c6cad42789c43884e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a07005a77b18ae59b8471e7e4d991fa9f642b3c2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b993ea46b3b601915ceaaf3c802adf11e7d6bac6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ede31ad949ae0d03cb4c5edd79991586ad7c8bb8
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38251.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-2025-38251