In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: atm: atmtcp: Free invalid length skb in atmtcp_c_send(). syzbot reported the splat below. [0] vcc_sendmsg() copies data passed from userspace to skb and passes it to vcc->dev->ops->send(). atmtcp_c_send() accesses skb->data as struct atmtcp_hdr after checking if skb->len is 0, but it's not enough. Also, when skb->len == 0, skb and sk (vcc) were leaked because dev_kfree_skb() is not called and sk_wmem_alloc adjustment is missing to revert atm_account_tx() in vcc_sendmsg(), which is expected to be done in atm_pop_raw(). Let's properly free skb with an invalid length in atmtcp_c_send(). [0]: BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in atmtcp_c_send+0x255/0xed0 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:294 atmtcp_c_send+0x255/0xed0 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:294 vcc_sendmsg+0xd7c/0xff0 net/atm/common.c:644 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727 ____sys_sendmsg+0x7e0/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566 ___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2652 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2657 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2655 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x211/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2655 x64_sys_call+0x32fb/0x3db0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Uninit was created at: slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4154 [inline] slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline] kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x818/0xf00 mm/slub.c:4249 kmalloc_reserve+0x13c/0x4b0 net/core/skbuff.c:579 __alloc_skb+0x347/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:670 alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1336 [inline] vcc_sendmsg+0xb40/0xff0 net/atm/common.c:628 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727 ____sys_sendmsg+0x7e0/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566 ___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620 __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2652 [inline] __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2657 [inline] __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2655 [inline] __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x211/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2655 x64_sys_call+0x32fb/0x3db0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5798 Comm: syz-executor192 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(undef) Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-38185 is rated Low Risk (31/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.
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EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-04-30 | 0.03% | 0.09% | +0.06% |
| 2 | 2025-12-19 | 0.05% | 0.03% | -0.02% |
| 3 | 2025-10-17 | — | 0.05% | — |
Full EPSS history (4 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5.5 | 3.1 | MEDIUM |
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1.8 | 3.6 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
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not yet assigned | CVE-2025-38185 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 2 source packages (linux, linux-6.1), 6 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 6. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38185 |
redhat
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medium | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38185 |
suse
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medium | CVE-2025-38185 severity moderate: SUSE including 493 source package names (2.1.3-6.73:kernel-default-base-6.4.0-34.1.21.11, 2.1.3-7.50:kernel-default-6.4.0-34.1, …), 1114 product×package rows across 224 product lines (Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/base-os-container, Container suse/sl-micro/6.0/kvm-os-container, … (224 product lines)): Fixed 704, Known Affected 231, Will Not Fix 154, First Fixed 21, Known Not Affected 4. | https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38185/ |
ubuntu
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medium | CVE-2025-38185 medium priority: Ubuntu including 158 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1551 status rows across 10 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, oracular, plucky, questing, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 1145, released 170, ignored 169, needed 44, not-affected 20, needs-triage 2, pending 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38185 |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 2.6.13, < 5.4.295 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.5, < 5.10.239 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.11, < 5.15.186 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 5.16, < 6.1.142 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.2, < 6.6.95 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.7, < 6.12.35 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | >= 6.13, < 6.15.4 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:-:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 2.6.12 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:2.6.12:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| debian | debian_linux | 11.0 | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |