CVE-2025-38735 is a kernel panic vulnerability in the gve network driver of the Linux kernel, affecting Debian and other Linux distributions. It occurs when an ethtool operation is invoked after the driver's shutdown function, leading to dereferencing freed or NULL pointers. With a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), this local vulnerability requires low privileges and complexity, resulting in a high impact on availability (system crash). There is no public exploit code or active exploitation reported, but it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, particularly concerning Ubuntu's Azure kernel.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 5.17, < 6.1.149CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.2, < 6.6.103CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.7, < 6.12.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 6.13, < 6.16.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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