CVE-2025-38184

High

Description

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 4, 2025
First seenJul 4, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.9 ≤ v < 5.4.295, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.239, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.186, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.142, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.95, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.35, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.15.4, 6.165.4.295, 5.10.239, 5.15.186, 6.1.142, 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4
debian debian_linux11.0—

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