CVE-2025-38651 | landlock: Fix warning from KUnit tests

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: landlock: Fix warning from KUnit tests get_id_range() expects a positive value as first argument but get_random_u8() can return 0. Fix this by clamping it. Validated by running the test in a for loop for 1000 times. Note that MAX() is wrong as it is only supposed to be used for constants, but max() is good here. [..] ok 9 test_range2_rand1 [..] ok 10 test_range2_rand2 [..] ok 11 test_range2_rand15 [..] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [..] WARNING: CPU: 6 PID: 104 at security/landlock/id.c:99 test_range2_rand16 (security/landlock/id.c:99 (discriminator 1) security/landlock/id.c:234 (discriminator 1)) [..] Modules linked in: [..] CPU: 6 UID: 0 PID: 104 Comm: kunit_try_catch Tainted: G N 6.16.0-rc1-dev-00001-g314a2f98b65f #1 PREEMPT(undef) [..] Tainted: [N]=TEST [..] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (Q35 + ICH9, 2009), BIOS 1.16.3-debian-1.16.3-2 04/01/2014 [..] RIP: 0010:test_range2_rand16 (security/landlock/id.c:99 (discriminator 1) security/landlock/id.c:234 (discriminator 1)) [..] Code: 49 c7 c0 10 70 30 82 4c 89 ff 48 c7 c6 a0 63 1e 83 49 c7 45 a0 e0 63 1e 83 e8 3f 95 17 00 e9 1f ff ff ff 0f 0b e9 df fd ff ff <0f> 0b ba 01 00 00 00 e9 68 fe ff ff 49 89 45 a8 49 8d 4d a0 45 31 [..] RSP: 0000:ffff888104eb7c78 EFLAGS: 00010246 [..] RAX: 0000000000000000 RBX: 000000000870822c RCX: 0000000000000000 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [..] [..] Call Trace: [..] [..] ---[ end trace 0000000000000000 ]--- [..] ok 12 test_range2_rand16 [..] # landlock_id: pass:12 fail:0 skip:0 total:12 [..] # Totals: pass:12 fail:0 skip:0 total:12 [..] ok 1 landlock_id [mic: Minor cosmetic improvements]

Published: 2025-08-22 Last update: 2026-06-17 Assigner: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2025-38651 is rated Low Risk (23.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.14%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2025-38651

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 2026-06-15 0.02% 0.14% +0.13%
2 2025-08-23 0.02%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2025-38651

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.5 3.1 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:L)
They already need access on the box, or another person has to do something wrong; it’s not a remote drive-by.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:L)
A normal user session is enough; they don’t have to be admin.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
1.8 3.6 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2025-38651

OS Trackers for CVE-2025-38651

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2025-38651 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (linux), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38651
redhat https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38651
suse medium CVE-2025-38651 severity moderate: SUSE including 26 source package names (cluster-md-kmp-default, dlm-kmp-default, …), 281 product×package rows across 55 product lines (SLES-LTSS-TERADATA 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise High Availability Extension 15 SP7, … (55 product lines)): Known Not Affected 281. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38651/
ubuntu medium CVE-2025-38651 medium priority: Ubuntu including 144 source packages (linux, linux-allwinner-5.19, …), 1152 status rows across 8 suites (bionic, focal, jammy, noble, plucky, trusty, upstream, xenial): DNE 797, ignored 157, not-affected 125, released 73. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38651

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2025-38651

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linux linux_kernel >= 6.15, < 6.15.10 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linux linux_kernel >= 6.16, < 6.16.1 cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2025-38651

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