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CVE-2025-38638— ipv6: add a retry logic in net6_rt_notify()

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Affected
Linux Linux
Exploitation
No confirmed in-the-wild exploitation; assess based on exposure
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Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于net6_rt_notify缺少重试逻辑，可能导致空指针取消引用。

AI Predicted 5.5 Difficulty: Easy EPSS 0.14% · P3

Possible ATT&CK Techniques 1 AI

T1562.001

Affected Version Matrix 6

VendorProduct Version RangeStatus
Linux Linux 169fd62799e8acabbfb4760799be11138ced949c< 0bdca3439a22c70eb8f404acd61bf7aca5d731b0 affected
169fd62799e8acabbfb4760799be11138ced949c< ea2f921db7a483a526058c5b5b8162edd88dabe5 affected
6.16 affected
< 6.16 unaffected
6.16.1≤ 6.16.* unaffected
6.17≤ * unaffected
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I. Basic Information for CVE-2025-38638

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Vulnerability Title
ipv6: add a retry logic in net6_rt_notify()
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipv6: add a retry logic in net6_rt_notify() inet6_rt_notify() can be called under RCU protection only. This means the route could be changed concurrently and rt6_fill_node() could return -EMSGSIZE. Re-size the skb when this happens and retry, removing one WARN_ON() that syzbot was able to trigger: WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 6291 at net/ipv6/route.c:6342 inet6_rt_notify+0x475/0x4b0 net/ipv6/route.c:6342 Modules linked in: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 6291 Comm: syz.0.77 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc7-syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full) Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2~bpo12+1 04/01/2014 RIP: 0010:inet6_rt_notify+0x475/0x4b0 net/ipv6/route.c:6342 Code: fc ff ff e8 6d 52 ea f7 e9 47 fc ff ff 48 8b 7c 24 08 4c 89 04 24 e8 5a 52 ea f7 4c 8b 04 24 e9 94 fd ff ff e8 9c fe 84 f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 bd fd ff ff e8 6e 52 ea f7 e9 bb fb ff ff 48 89 df e8 RSP: 0018:ffffc900035cf1d8 EFLAGS: 00010293 RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: ffffc900035cf540 RCX: ffffffff8a36e790 RDX: ffff88802f7e8000 RSI: ffffffff8a36e9d4 RDI: 0000000000000005 RBP: ffff88803c230f00 R08: 0000000000000005 R09: 00000000ffffffa6 R10: 00000000ffffffa6 R11: 0000000000000001 R12: 00000000ffffffa6 R13: 0000000000000900 R14: ffff888032ea4100 R15: 0000000000000000 FS: 00007fac7b89a6c0(0000) GS:ffff8880d6a20000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033 CR2: 00007fac7b899f98 CR3: 0000000034b3f000 CR4: 0000000000352ef0 Call Trace: <TASK> ip6_route_mpath_notify+0xde/0x280 net/ipv6/route.c:5356 ip6_route_multipath_add+0x1181/0x1bd0 net/ipv6/route.c:5536 inet6_rtm_newroute+0xe4/0x1a0 net/ipv6/route.c:5647 rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x95e/0xe90 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944 netlink_rcv_skb+0x155/0x420 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2552 netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1320 [inline] netlink_unicast+0x58d/0x850 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1346 netlink_sendmsg+0x8d1/0xdd0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1896 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline] ____sys_sendmsg+0xa95/0xc70 net/socket.c:2566 ___sys_sendmsg+0x134/0x1d0 net/socket.c:2620
Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
CVSS Information
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Type
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Source: CVE Program / CVE List V5
Vulnerability Title
Linux kernel 安全漏洞
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Description
Linux kernel是美国Linux基金会的开源操作系统Linux所使用的内核。 Linux kernel存在安全漏洞，该漏洞源于net6_rt_notify缺少重试逻辑，可能导致空指针取消引用。
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
CVSS Information
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)
Vulnerability Type
N/A
Source: CNNVD (China National Vulnerability Database)

Affected Products

Vendor Product Affected Versions CPE Subscribe
Linux Linux 169fd62799e8acabbfb4760799be11138ced949c ~ 0bdca3439a22c70eb8f404acd61bf7aca5d731b0 -
Linux Linux 6.16 -

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Same Patch Batch · Linux · 2025-08-22 · 60 CVEs total

CVE-2025-38660 9.8 CRITICAL [ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string
CVE-2025-38658 8.8 HIGH nvmet: pci-epf: Do not complete commands twice if nvmet_req_init() fails
CVE-2025-38643 8.8 HIGH wifi: cfg80211: Add missing lock in cfg80211_check_and_end_cac()
CVE-2024-58239 8.2 HIGH tls: stop recv() if initial process_rx_list gave us non-DATA
CVE-2025-38675 7.8 HIGH xfrm: state: initialize state_ptrs earlier in xfrm_state_find
CVE-2025-38659 7.8 HIGH gfs2: No more self recovery
CVE-2025-38656 7.8 HIGH wifi: iwlwifi: Fix error code in iwl_op_mode_dvm_start()
CVE-2025-38653 7.8 HIGH proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al
CVE-2025-38627 7.8 HIGH f2fs: compress: fix UAF of f2fs_inode_info in f2fs_free_dic
CVE-2025-38667 7.8 HIGH iio: fix potential out-of-bound write
CVE-2025-38619 7.8 HIGH media: ti: j721e-csi2rx: fix list_del corruption
CVE-2025-38640 7.8 HIGH bpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().
CVE-2025-38670 7.8 HIGH arm64/entry: Mask DAIF in cpu_switch_to(), call_on_irq_stack()
CVE-2025-38618 7.8 HIGH vsock: Do not allow binding to VMADDR_PORT_ANY
CVE-2025-38617 7.8 HIGH net/packet: fix a race in packet_set_ring() and packet_notifier()
CVE-2025-38616 7.8 HIGH tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP
CVE-2025-38657 7.3 HIGH wifi: rtw89: mcc: prevent shift wrapping in rtw89_core_mlsr_switch()
CVE-2025-38652 7.3 HIGH f2fs: fix to avoid out-of-boundary access in devs.path
CVE-2025-38661 7.1 HIGH platform/x86: alienware-wmi-wmax: Fix `dmi_system_id` array
CVE-2025-38639 7.1 HIGH netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated

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