CVE-2025-38197
Dell RBU Linux Kernel List Corruption Vulnerability
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell_rbu: Fix list usage Pass the correct list head to list_for_each_entry*() when looping through the packet list. Without this patch, reading the packet data via sysfs will show the data incorrectly (because it starts at the wrong packet), and clearing the packet list will result in a NULL pointer dereference.
INFO
Published Date :
July 4, 2025, 2:15 p.m.
Last Modified :
July 8, 2025, 4:18 p.m.
Source :
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
Exploitability Score :
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New CVE Received by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
Jul. 04, 2025
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell_rbu: Fix list usage Pass the correct list head to list_for_each_entry*() when looping through the packet list. Without this patch, reading the packet data via sysfs will show the data incorrectly (because it starts at the wrong packet), and clearing the packet list will result in a NULL pointer dereference. Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d7b8e7ef7d1f812a6211ed531947c56d09e95e Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d05e6cc3a7bf6c8f16f7b7ef8fe80eca0c233e Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d71f2c1e5263a9f042faa71d59515709869dc79 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e8c658acd1b7c186aeffa46bf08795e121f401a Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61ce04601e0d8265ec6d2ffa6df5a7e1bce64854 Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7b477b64ef5e37cb08dd536ae07c46f9f28262e Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b840fb1508a80cd8a0efb5c886ae1995a88b24
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