Skip to content
Noroxi
NVD / CVE Program· CNA Linux

CVE-2025-38196: io_uring/rsrc: validate buffer count with offset for cloning

Noroxi assessment

Priority: Monitor (action score 22/100)

  • The sources we track (CISA KEV, Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei, GitHub) show no public exploit code or exploitation in the wild.
  • Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 0.15% (FIRST EPSS).
  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it. A low-privileged account is enough. No user action is required. No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.
  • Fixed version: Linux Linux 0e23ac818f3afb16660b0ba384875d56a7013879, 1d27f11bf02b38c431e49a17dee5c10a2b4c2e28.

Low priority for now. Upgrade to Linux Linux 0e23ac818f3afb16660b0ba384875d56a7013879, 1d27f11bf02b38c431e49a17dee5c10a2b4c2e28 or later.

Generated automatically from the record's data: CVSS (NVD and CNA), CISA KEV and SSVC, FIRST EPSS, exploit sources, fixed versions. How we calculate it

Primary sources: NVD · CVE.org · FIRST EPSS

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/rsrc: validate buffer count with offset for cloning syzbot reports that it can trigger a WARN_ON() for kmalloc() attempt that's too big: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 6488 at mm/slub.c:5024 __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x520/0x640 mm/slub.c:5024 Modules linked in: CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 6488 Comm: syz-executor312 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc7-syzkaller-gd7fa1af5b33e #0 PREEMPT Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025 pstate: 20400005 (nzCv daif +PAN -UAO -TCO -DIT -SSBS BTYPE=--) pc : __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x520/0x640 mm/slub.c:5024 lr : __do_kmalloc_node mm/slub.c:-1 [inline] lr : __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x3b4/0x640 mm/slub.c:5012 sp : ffff80009cfd7a90 x29: ffff80009cfd7ac0 x28: ffff0000dd52a120 x27: 0000000000412dc0 x26: 0000000000000178 x25: ffff7000139faf70 x24: 0000000000000000 x23: ffff800082f4cea8 x22: 00000000ffffffff x21: 000000010cd004a8 x20: ffff0000d75816c0 x19: ffff0000dd52a000 x18: 00000000ffffffff x17: ffff800092f39000 x16: ffff80008adbe9e4 x15: 0000000000000005 x14: 1ffff000139faf1c x13: 0000000000000000 x12: 0000000000000000 x11: ffff7000139faf21 x10: 0000000000000003 x9 : ffff80008f27b938 x8 : 0000000000000002 x7 : 0000000000000000 x6 : 0000000000000000 x5 : 00000000ffffffff x4 : 0000000000400dc0 x3 : 0000000200000000 x2 : 000000010cd004a8 x1 : ffff80008b3ebc40 x0 : 0000000000000001 Call trace: __kvmalloc_node_noprof+0x520/0x640 mm/slub.c:5024 (P) kvmalloc_array_node_noprof include/linux/slab.h:1065 [inline] io_rsrc_data_alloc io_uring/rsrc.c:206 [inline] io_clone_buffers io_uring/rsrc.c:1178 [inline] io_register_clone_buffers+0x484/0xa14 io_uring/rsrc.c:1287 __io_uring_register io_uring/register.c:815 [inline] __do_sys_io_uring_register io_uring/register.c:926 [inline] __se_sys_io_uring_register io_uring/register.c:903 [inline] __arm64_sys_io_uring_register+0x42c/0xea8 io_uring/register.c:903 __invoke_syscall arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:35 [inline] invoke_syscall+0x98/0x2b8 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:49 el0_svc_common+0x130/0x23c arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:132 do_el0_svc+0x48/0x58 arch/arm64/kernel/syscall.c:151 el0_svc+0x58/0x17c arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:767 el0t_64_sync_handler+0x78/0x108 arch/arm64/kernel/entry-common.c:786 el0t_64_sync+0x198/0x19c arch/arm64/kernel/entry.S:600 which is due to offset + buffer_count being too large. The registration code checks only the total count of buffers, but given that the indexing is an array, it should also check offset + count. That can't exceed IORING_MAX_REG_BUFFERS either, as there's no way to reach buffers beyond that limit. There's no issue with registrering a table this large, outside of the fact that it's pointless to register buffers that cannot be reached, and that it can trigger this kmalloc() warning for attempting an allocation that is too large.

MediumCVSS 5.5 · v3.1—No exploit Fix available
Published
Jul 4, 2025
Updated
Jun 17, 2026
EPSS
0.1% · 4th percentile
CWE
—

Report tools

JSON

Action score

22

Monitor

Low priority for now.

CVSS
22 / 40 · 5.5 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
0 / 30 · 0.1%

Get told when this record changes

  • Not in KEV: no record of exploitation in the wild
  • No public exploit code on record
  • A fix has been released

If any of these changes, we'll tell you in the daily email digest.

Follow CVE-2025-38196

When you'll hear from us

  • when it enters CISA KEV
  • when exploit code appears or is weaponized
  • when the record is updated (including a fixed version)
  • when EPSS rises 20 points in a week

One daily email digest (06:00 UTC); connect a webhook for KEV listings and weaponized exploits instantly.

Your free account also gets you

Running WordPress? Scan your site free with WP Lens

  • Stack alerts: add the products and versions you run, get the new CVEs that affect them
  • Uptime monitoring: 1 site, instant email when it goes down
  • Add your domain: subdomains and takeover risk scanned every week (1 domain)
  • 10 scans an hour on the security tools (3 a day without an account), an API key and MCP
  • All your scans in one panel: findings, what changed in the last scan, a report per domain or per client (PDF, share link)
All free tools

Sign up with email · Have an account? Sign in

Free account, no card. Unfollow any time.

Don't want an account? Get "Exploited this week" by email every MondayDon't want an account? RSS feed for linux records

Running WordPress? Scan your site free with WP Lens

Is your version affected? Check it

Noroxi analysis

What does it mean in your environment?

The assessment above is generated automatically from the record's data; it doesn't know your environment. Our team verifies on your systems whether this vulnerability is actually exploitable and which mitigation is enough.

We use this product, ask for help

Affected systems

Is your version affected?

Pick the product and type the version you run. It's compared with this record's version ranges in your browser; the version isn't sent anywhere.

VendorProduct
linuxlinux kernel

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • linux linux kernel6.13 and later · before 6.15.4
  • linux linux kernel6.16

Versions reported by the vendor

Affected version ranges reported by the assigning authority (Linux). Independent of NVD's CPE analysis and usually ahead of it.

  • Linux Linux

    • 6.13affected
    • b16e920a1909da6799c43000db730d8fcdcae907 and later · before 0e23ac818f3afb16660b0ba384875d56a7013879affected · git
    • b16e920a1909da6799c43000db730d8fcdcae907 and later · before 1d27f11bf02b38c431e49a17dee5c10a2b4c2e28affected · git
    • before 6.13not affected · semver
    • 6.15.4 and later · up to and including 6.15.*not affected · semver
    • 6.16 and laternot affected · original_commit_for_fix

Same product

linux: all records

Other highest-scoring records for the same primary product.

  • CVE-2026-31431crypto: algif_aead - Revert to operating out-of-placeKEV
    90Now
  • CVE-2022-0847A flaw was found in the way the "flags" member of the new pipe buffer structure was lacking proper initialization in copy_page_to_iter_pipe KEV
    89Now
  • CVE-2021-22555Heap Out-Of-Bounds Write in Netfilter IP6T_SO_SET_REPLACEKEV
    85Now

Published before and after this one in the same product

  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-38191Jul 4, 2025 · ksmbd: fix null pointer dereference in destroy_previous_session
    22Monitor
  • ← EarlierCVE-2025-38194Jul 4, 2025 · jffs2: check that raw node were preallocated before writing summary
    22Monitor
  • Later →CVE-2025-38198Jul 4, 2025 · fbcon: Make sure modelist not set on unregistered console
    31Monitor

Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

Product / packageFixed versionSource
Linux Linux0e23ac818f3afb16660b0ba384875d56a7013879Vendor (CNA)
Linux Linux1d27f11bf02b38c431e49a17dee5c10a2b4c2e28Vendor (CNA)

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

No history yet (it accumulates with the daily EPSS job).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

No commit or PR link among the references.

Credits

All researchers

Finders, reporters and analysts named in the CNA record. Click a name for that researcher’s other records.

No credits in the CNA record.

Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

—

Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

  • Someone with local access to the system can trigger it.
  • A low-privileged account is enough.
  • No user action is required.
  • No special conditions are required; it is repeatable.

If successful

Confidentiality
none
Integrity
none
Availability
high · the service can be disrupted
Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality impact
None
Integrity impact
None
Availability impact
High

Weakness class (CWE)

—

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

nvd-primary

Attack context

MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

MITRE has no CAPEC/ATT&CK mapping for this CWE.

Change log

  1. Fix✗ → ✓

For records you follow, these changes also arrive as notifications. →

References

Show all references (1 more)

Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

All records