CVE-2025-38660
mediumpriority · track · 22EPSS 0.004 · 35 %ileDEEURUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: [ceph] parse_longname(): strrchr() expects NUL-terminated string ... and parse_longname() is not guaranteed that. That's the reason why it uses kmemdup_nul() to build the argument for kstrtou64(); the problem is, kstrtou64() is not the only thing that need it. Just get a NUL-terminated copy of the entire thing and be done with that...
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 5.1–9.8
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affected products (41)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- NetApp AFF Baseboard Management Controllerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:netapp:aff:::baseboard_management_controller
- NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_vmware_vsphere
- NetApp FAS Baseboard Management Controllerall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/h:netapp:fas:baseboard_management_controller
advisories (1)
Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.
- WID-SEC-W-2025-1898Linux Kernel: Mehrere Schwachstellen ermöglichen Denial of Service und PrivilegieneskalationDeutsch2025-08-24csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen im Linux-Kernel ausnutzen, um einen Denial-of-Service-Zustand zu erzeugen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen oder andere nicht spezifizierte Angriffe durchzuführen.
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sources
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references (15)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2025-38660cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101841c38346f4ca41dc1802c867da990ffb32ebcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3145b2b11492d61c512bbc59660bb823bc757f48cnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/493479af8af3ab907f49e99323777d498a4fbd2bcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bb80f7618832d26f7e395f52f82b1dac76223e5fcnnvd
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38660cnnvd
- https://www.kernel.org/Patchcnnvd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/101841c38346f4ca41dc1802c867da990ffb32ebenisa_euvd
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