CVE-2025-38310 Affecting kernel-64k-devel package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNEL64KDEVEL-10701408
  • published11 Jul 2025
  • disclosed10 Jul 2025

Introduced: 10 Jul 2025

NewCVE-2025-38310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-64k-devel.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-64k-devel package and not the kernel-64k-devel package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses

The kernel currently validates that the length of the provided nexthop address does not exceed the specified length. This can lead to the kernel reading uninitialized memory if user space provided a shorter length than the specified one.

Fix by validating that the provided length exactly matches the specified one.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1