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🛡️ CVE-2025-38456 — debian-linux

🟠 CVSS 7.8 — High ✅ No Known Exploit CWE-787 NVD
7.8
CVSS Score
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Description

ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()

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

ipmi:msghandler: Fix potential memory corruption in ipmi_create_user()

The "intf" list iterator is an invalid pointer if the correct

"intf->intf_num" is not found. Calling atomic_dec(&intf->nr_users) on

and invalid pointer will lead to memory corruption.

We don't really need to call atomic_dec() if we haven't called

atomic_add_return() so update the if (intf->in_shutdown) path as well.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs low-level privileges on the target. No user interaction is required. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Weakness class

CVE-2025-38456 is classified as CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write. Data is written past the end or before the start of a buffer, corrupting whatever is stored there.

Affected software

CVE-2025-38456 is recorded against 3 packages.

  • debian-linux
  • kernel (from 6.13.0 up to 6.15.7)
  • linux-kernel (from 6.13 up to 6.15.7)

Timeline and source

Published on 25 July 2025 and last revised on 30 July 2026. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. A vendor advisory or fix has been published. Record sourced from NVD.

References

git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
git.kernel.org
lists.debian.org

CVE-2025-38456 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Details

Severity HIGH
CVSS Score 7.8
CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE CWE-787
Public Exploit ✅ No
Source NVD
Published 2025-07-25
Updated 2026-08-20
Modified 2026-07-30

Affected Packages

Software From version Fixed in
debian-linux — —
kernel 6.13.0 6.15.7
linux-kernel 6.13 6.15.7

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