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CVE-2025-38640: linux kernel from 6.4 (inclusive), before 6.6.102 (exclusive), from 6.7 (inclusive), before 6.12.42 (exclusive), from…
CVE-2025-38640. CVSS 3.1 base score 5.5 (MEDIUM, NVD). EPSS 0.00169 (percentile 0.05833), scored 14-Oct-2026.
Affected technology
linux kernel · from 6.4 (inclusive), before 6.6.102 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.7 (inclusive), before 6.12.42 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.13 (inclusive), before 6.15.10 (exclusive)
linux
linux kernel · from 6.16 (inclusive), before 6.16.1 (exclusive)
linux
Linux · fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d to before ee2502485702e4398cd74dbfb288bfa111d25e62, fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d to before 62f6175d145e00fc999fd2fcbffad3f59253c66a, fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d to before e0199c28167a8a4adec036005a8df268b2b68529, fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d to before 0a356da16fb933abbeeb7aea038c351f3342cd3f, fd9c663b9ad67dedfc9a3fd3429ddd3e83782b4d to before 17ce3e5949bc37557305ad46316f41c7875d6366
Linux
Linux · 6.4
Linux
Component: Not specified by the source
File: net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c
Attack conditions (Source advisory, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
Attack conditions (NVD, CVSS 3.1): Local · Low privileges required · No user interaction required
What an attacker can do
Source advisory’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 7.8/10) rates confidentiality, integrity and availability impact as high. NVD’s CVSS 3.1 assessment (base score 5.5/10) rates confidentiality and integrity impact as none; availability impact as high. The description does not specify what an attacker can achieve beyond these rated impacts.
- CCR priority
- 22.0 /100 (P4)
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 /10 · CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H · NVD
- EPSS
- 0.00169 · percentile 0.05833 · 2026-10-14
- KEV
- no
Provenance
- NVD CVE API 2.0 · Source record · observed 2026-10-15 22:58:54.984414+00:00 UTC
Stable permalink: https://cybercodered.org/item/cve-cve-2025-38640.html