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AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0018 7.4 —
AFFECTED Product Versions Fixed Linux ceb98d03eac5704820f2ac1f370c9ff385e3a9f5 – — Linux 3.3 – 5.4.297
TIMELINE Apr 16 Reserved by Linux Aug 22 Published (CNA: Linux) Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38639 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 5.5 (NVD).
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: xt_nfacct: don't assume acct name is null-terminated BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in .. lib/vsprintf.c:721 Read of size 1 at addr ffff88801eac95c8 by task syz-executor183/5851 [..] string+0x231/0x2b0 lib/vsprintf.c:721 vsnprintf+0x739/0xf00 lib/vsprintf.c:2874 [..] nfacct_mt_checkentry+0xd2/0xe0 net/netfilter/xt_nfacct.c:41 xt_check_match+0x3d1/0xab0 net/netfilter/x_tables.c:523 nfnl_acct_find_get() handles non-null input, but the error printk relied on its presence.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| August 22, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38639 (Linux). CVSS 7.1 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38639 at cve.org
Vendors: linux
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