CVE-2025-38166

MEDIUMNVD 5.55.5
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 5.5 from GitHub Security Advisory published 2025-07-03. NVD baseline CVSS 5.5; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
5.5EG
EchelonGraph verdictMonitorLow exploitation likelihood right now — keep watching.
  • Lower severity and no public exploit yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 5.5Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap

[ 2172.936997] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2172.936999] kernel BUG at lib/iov_iter.c:629! ...... [ 2172.944996] PKRU: 55555554 [ 2172.945155] Call Trace: [ 2172.945299] [ 2172.945428] ? die+0x36/0x90 [ 2172.945601] ? do_trap+0xdd/0x100 [ 2172.945795] ? iov_iter_revert+0x178/0x180 [ 2172.946031] ? iov_iter_revert+0x178/0x180 [ 2172.946267] ? do_error_trap+0x7d/0x110 [ 2172.946499] ? iov_iter_revert+0x178/0x180 [ 2172.946736] ? exc_invalid_op+0x50/0x70 [ 2172.946961] ? iov_iter_revert+0x178/0x180 [ 2172.947197] ? asm_exc_invalid_op+0x1a/0x20 [ 2172.947446] ? iov_iter_revert+0x178/0x180 [ 2172.947683] ? iov_iter_revert+0x5c/0x180 [ 2172.947913] tls_sw_sendmsg_locked.isra.0+0x794/0x840 [ 2172.948206] tls_sw_sendmsg+0x52/0x80 [ 2172.948420] ? inet_sendmsg+0x1f/0x70 [ 2172.948634] __sys_sendto+0x1cd/0x200 [ 2172.948848] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 [ 2172.949072] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x140/0x270 [ 2172.949330] ? __lock_release.isra.0+0x5e/0x170 [ 2172.949595] ? find_held_lock+0x2b/0x80 [ 2172.949817] ? syscall_trace_enter+0x140/0x270 [ 2172.950211] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on_prepare+0xda/0x190 [ 2172.950632] ? ktime_get_coarse_real_ts64+0xc2/0xd0 [ 2172.951036] __x64_sys_sendto+0x24/0x30 [ 2172.951382] do_syscall_64+0x90/0x170 ......

After calling bpf_exec_tx_verdict(), the size of msg_pl->sg may increase, e.g., when the BPF program executes bpf_msg_push_data().

If the BPF program sets cork_bytes and sg.size is smaller than cork_bytes, it will return -ENOSPC and attempt to roll back to the non-zero copy logic. However, during rollback, msg->msg_iter is reset, but since msg_pl->sg.size has been increased, subsequent executions will exceed the actual size of msg_iter. ''' iov_iter_revert(&msg->msg_iter, msg_pl->sg.size - orig_size); '''

The changes in this commit are based on the following considerations:

  • When cork_bytes is set, rolling back to non-zero copy logic is
pointless and can directly go to zero-copy logic.
  • We can not calculate the correct number of bytes to revert msg_iter.

Assume the original data is "abcdefgh" (8 bytes), and after 3 pushes by the BPF program, it becomes 11-byte data: "abc?de?fgh?". Then, we set cork_bytes to 6, which means the first 6 bytes have been processed, and the remaining 5 bytes "?fgh?" will be cached until the length meets the cork_bytes requirement.

However, some data in "?fgh?" is not within 'sg->msg_iter' (but in msg_pl instead), especially the data "?" we pushed.

So it doesn't seem as simple as just reverting through an offset of msg_iter.

  • For non-TLS sockets in tcp_bpf_sendmsg, when a "cork" situation occurs,
the user-space send() doesn't return an error, and the returned length is the same as the input length parameter, even if some data is cached.

Additionally, I saw that the current non-zero-copy logic for handling corking is written as: ''' line 1177 else if (ret != -EAGAIN) { if (ret == -ENOSPC) ret = 0; goto send_end; '''

So it's ok to just return 'copied' without error when a "cork" situation occurs.

CVSS v3
5.5
EG Score
5.5(medium)
EG Risk
29(Track)
EG Risk 29/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity55% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability30% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
5%
KEV
Not listed

Published

July 3, 2025

Last Modified

August 5, 2026

Advisory Details (6)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
Patch available.
generic Patch Available

[SECURITY] [DLA 4328-1] linux-6.1 security update

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
generic

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/603943f022a7fe5cc83ca7005faf34798fb7853f
generic

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/57fbbe29e86042bbaa31c1a30d2afa16c427e3f7
generic

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54a3ecaeeeae8176da8badbd7d72af1017032c39
generic

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/328cac3f9f8ae394748485e769a527518a9137c8
generic

bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e36a81d388ec9c3f78b6223f7eda2088cd40adb

Vendor Advisories for CVE-2025-38166(2)

These vendors published their own advisory mentioning this CVE — often with vendor-specific remediation steps + affected product lists not in NVD.

Patch Availability(26)

Vendor / EcosystemFixed in / PatchReleasedSource
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-22.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-nvidia-lowlatency-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.49.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-lowlatency-hwe-20.04-edge (6.8.0-100.100.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1046.52+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1046.52) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-xilinx-zynqmp (6.8.0.1023.24) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-ibm-edge (6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-edge (6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-32.32~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-32.32) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-azure-6.14 (6.14.0-1012.12) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oem-6.14 (6.14.0-1012.12) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-24.04-edge (6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-edge (6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-raspi-6.14 (6.14.0-1014.14) @ plucky2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-virtual-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-hwe-22.04 (6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-edge (6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2) @ jammy2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-realtime-6.8.1 (6.8.1-1041.42) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-100.100+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gcp-fips-6.8 (6.8.0-1047.50+fips1) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-oracle-lts-24.04 (6.8.0-1043.44) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
ubuntulinux-tools-gke-64k-6.8 (6.8.0-1043.48) @ noble2026-05-30ubuntu
redhatkernel-0:5.14.0-687.5.1.el9_82026-05-19redhat
redhatkernel-0:6.12.0-211.7.1.el10_22026-05-19redhat
linuxKernel @ 6.1.142osv

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(5 across 4 ecosystems)
Debian:11(2)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux5.10.103-1 ... 7.2~rc5-1~exp1 (496 versions)
linux-6.16.1.106-3~deb11u1 ... 6.1.148-1~deb11u1 (11 versions)6.1.153-1~deb11u1
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (41 versions)6.1.147-1
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.35-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.35-1

Additional Vendor Advisories

(23)

Vendors that published advisories for this CVE beyond the curated set above. Broader coverage but minimal per-row detail — click through for the original advisory.

Data Freshness Timeline

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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-38166?
CVE-2025-38166 is a medium vulnerability published on July 3, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bpf: fix ktls panic with sockmap [ 2172.936997] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [ 2172.936999] kernel BUG at lib/iov_iter.c:629! ...... [ 2172.944996] PKRU: 55555554 [ 2172.945155] Call Trace: [ 2172.945299] <TASK> […
When was CVE-2025-38166 disclosed?
CVE-2025-38166 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on July 3, 2025, with the most recent update on August 5, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-38166 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-38166 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 94.8% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38166?
CVE-2025-38166 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.5 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-38166?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-38166, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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