CVE-2025-38608 Affecting linux-6.1 package, versions <6.1.153-1~deb11u1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on default assessment until relevant scores are available.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.05% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-13541938
  • published14 Oct 2025
  • disclosed19 Aug 2025

Introduced: 19 Aug 2025

CVE-2025-38608  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:11 linux-6.1 to version 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream linux-6.1 package and not the linux-6.1 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data() in ktls

When sending plaintext data, we initially calculated the corresponding ciphertext length. However, if we later reduced the plaintext data length via socket policy, we failed to recalculate the ciphertext length.

This results in transmitting buffers containing uninitialized data during ciphertext transmission.

This causes uninitialized bytes to be appended after a complete "Application Data" packet, leading to errors on the receiving end when parsing TLS record.

CVSS Base Scores

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