Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jun 18, 2025· Updated Jan 2, 2026
net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()
CVE-2025-38061
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()
Honour the user given buffer size for the strn_len() calls (otherwise strn_len() will access memory outside of the user given buffer).
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Affected products
88- osv-coords86 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Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/128cdb617a87767c29be43e4431129942fce41dfmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/425e64440ad0a2f03bdaf04be0ae53dededbaa77mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5bfa81539e22af4c40ae5d43d7212253462383a6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b1d3e9db82d01a88de1795b879df67c2116b4f4mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fef258b555c75a467a6b4b7e3a3cbc46d5f4102mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3d89f1cfe1e6d4bb164db2595511fd33db21900mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/c81c2ee1c3b050ed5c4e92876590cc7a259183f6mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ef1158a6a650ecee72ab40851b1d52e04d3f9cb5mitre
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