CVE-2025-38061 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
0.07% (22nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN11-LINUX61-13542013
  • published14 Oct 2025
  • disclosed18 Jun 2025

Introduced: 18 Jun 2025

CVE-2025-38061  (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:

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).

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1