CVE-2025-38182 json
ublk: santizize the arguments from userspace when adding a device
published 2025-07-04 16 mo ago modified 2026-10-30 10 d ago also EUVD-2025-20074
- cvss
- 7.8
- version 3.1, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 0.2%
- EPSS 0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 8%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
ublk: santizize the arguments from userspace when adding a device
Sanity check the values for queue depth and number of queues we get from userspace when adding a device.
Patch / fix
- Linux Linux 6.1.191, 6.6.95, 6.12.35, 6.15.4, 6.16
- linux Debian 14, Debian 13 6.12.35-1
debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38182
- linux Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-100.100
- linux-aws Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1046.49
- linux-gcp Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1047.50
- linux-gke Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1043.48
- linux-ibm Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1044.44
- linux-azure Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1046.52
- linux-gkeop Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1030.33
- linux-raspi Ubuntu 24.04 LTS 6.8.0-1047.51
ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38182
Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0
- kernel-rt Linux Micro 6.2 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-64kb SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-source SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-default SLES 16.0, SLE High Availability Extension 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2 +1 more 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-default-base SLES 16.0, Linux Micro 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4
- kernel-syms SLES 16.0, Linux Micro Extras 6.2, SLES for SAP applications 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-obs-qa SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-kvmsmall SLES for SAP applications 16.0, SLES 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
suse advisories SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1SUSE-SU-2026:20560-1SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1SUSE-SU-2025:03023-1SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1
- kernel-rt openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- dtb-aarch64 openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-64kb openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-syms openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-obs-qa openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-source openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-default openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
- kernel-kvmsmall openSUSE Leap 16.0 6.12.0-160000.6.1
opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a52d4e28f643eb4ffc7ccb1de9bd47d876804f1f commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/3162d8235c8c4d585525cee8a59d1c180940a968 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0f8df5d6f25ac17c52a8bc6418e60a3e63130550 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e2b2b7cf6368580114851cb3932f2ad9fbf23386 commit
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c8472855884355caf3d8e0c50adf825f83454b2 commit
Vendor advisories
What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.
red hat product security vex CVE-2025-38182 updated cvss 6.6
kernel: ublk: santizize the arguments from userspace when adding a device
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10 kernelaffected: no fix available “Fix deferred”
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 perf, kernel, python-perf, kernel-kdump, kernel-firmware, kernel-bootwrapper, +1 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, python-perf, kernel-kdump, +8 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 perf, kernel, bpftool, kernel-rt, kernel-core, kernel-tools, +29 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 rv, perf, rtla, kernel, bpftool, libperf, +83 morenot affected: vulnerable code not present
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
0.19% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 8% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Affected products
- Linux Linux
Classification
- Technology feeds
References
- git.kernel.org /stable/c/a52d4e28f643eb4ffc7ccb1de9bd47d876804f1f
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/3162d8235c8c4d585525cee8a59d1c180940a968
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/0f8df5d6f25ac17c52a8bc6418e60a3e63130550
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/e2b2b7cf6368580114851cb3932f2ad9fbf23386
patch
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git.kernel.org
/stable/c/8c8472855884355caf3d8e0c50adf825f83454b2
patch
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2025-38182
- NVD CVE-2025-38182
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