CVE-2025-38616

HIGHNVD 7.17.1
EchelonGraph scoreMEDIUM confidence

Score 7.1 from GitHub Security Advisory (severity: HIGH) published 2025-08-22. NVD baseline CVSS 7.1; sources differ by 0.0.

Triggered by: GitHub Security Advisory CVSS
Sources: epss, ghsa, nvd
7.1EG
EchelonGraph verdictPlan a fixSerious severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet.
  • High severity, but no confirmed exploitation yet
CISA-KEV: Not listedEPSS PROB: 0%CVSS: 7.1Exploit: None knownExposed: 0

A fix is available — apply it.

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

tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP

TLS expects that it owns the receive queue of the TCP socket. This cannot be guaranteed in case the reader of the TCP socket entered before the TLS ULP was installed, or uses some non-standard read API (eg. zerocopy ones). Replace the WARN_ON() and a buggy early exit (which leaves anchor pointing to a freed skb) with real error handling. Wipe the parsing state and tell the reader to retry.

We already reload the anchor every time we (re)acquire the socket lock, so the only condition we need to avoid is an out of bounds read (not having enough bytes in the socket for previously parsed record len).

If some data was read from under TLS but there's enough in the queue we'll reload and decrypt what is most likely not a valid TLS record. Leading to some undefined behavior from TLS perspective (corrupting a stream? missing an alert? missing an attack?) but no kernel crash should take place.

CVSS v3
7.1
EG Score
7.1(medium)
EG Risk
32(Track)
EG Risk 32/100SSVC: Track

EG Risk is EchelonGraph's 0–100 priority score: it fuses intrinsic severity with real-world exploitation and automatability so you can rank equal-severity CVEs and fix the most dangerous first. Higher = act sooner. Distinct from the 0–10 EG Score (severity).

How it’s computed
Severity71% × 45%
Exploitation0% × 40%
Automatability0% × 15%
Action: Routine — remediate on your standard cadence.
EPSS PROB
0%
EPSS %ILE
10%
KEV
Not listed

Published

August 22, 2025

Last Modified

August 27, 2026

Advisory Details (5)

Auto-updated Aug 2, 2026
No patch confirmed yet.
generic

tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f1fe99919f629f980d0b8a7ff16950bffe06a859
generic

tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eb0336f213fe88bbdb7d2b19c9c9ec19245a3155
generic

tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/db3658a12d5ec4db7185ae7476151a50521b7207
generic

tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6db015fc4b5d5f63a64a193f65d98da3a7fc811d
generic

tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP - kernel/git/stable/linux.git - Linux kernel stable tree

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2fb97ed9e2672b4f6e24ce206ac1a875ce4bcb38

Patch Availability(18)

Patches are aggregated from vendor advisories (Red Hat, Microsoft, Cisco, GitHub) and package ecosystems (OSV, GHSA). Multiple rows for the same upstream release have been deduplicated.

Affected Packages

(3 across 3 ecosystems)
Debian:12(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.1.106-1 ... 6.1.99-1 (56 versions)6.1.187-1
Debian:13(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.38-1, 6.12.41-1, 6.12.43-1~bpo12+16.12.43-1
Debian:14(1)
PackageVulnerable rangeFixed inDependents
linux6.12.100-1 ... 6.16~rc7-1~exp1 (62 versions)6.16.3-1

Weakness Classification(1)

MITRE Common Weakness Enumeration — the root-cause categories this CVE belongs to.

All Vendor Advisories

(17)

Data Freshness Timeline

(refreshed 7× in last 7d / 31× in last 30d)

Each row is a source pipeline that fetched or updated this CVE on that date, with what changed. For example, "NVD update" means NVD published or revised its analysis for this CVE; "MITRE cvelistV5" means we ingested or refreshed it from the CNA feed. Most recent first.

Showing the most recent 100 of 148 total refreshes for this CVE.

  1. 2026-09-18 19:27 UTCEPSS rescore
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  3. 2026-09-16 14:07 UTCEPSS rescore
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  5. 2026-09-15 14:24 UTCOSV refresh
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  21. 2026-08-27 13:37 UTCVendor advisory
  22. 2026-08-27 13:37 UTCGHSA enrichment
  23. 2026-08-27 13:04 UTCEG score recompute
  24. 2026-08-27 13:04 UTCVendor advisory
  25. 2026-08-27 13:03 UTCGHSA enrichment
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  1. 2026-08-26 14:45 UTCEPSS rescore
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  6. 2026-08-20 20:31 UTCOSV refresh
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  19. 2026-08-05 13:00 UTCVendor advisory
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  27. 2026-07-30 07:00 UTCEG score recompute
  28. 2026-07-30 07:00 UTCVendor advisory
  29. 2026-07-30 06:59 UTCGHSA enrichment
  30. 2026-07-30 06:24 UTCNVD updateCVSS v3 → 7.1 · severity → HIGH
  31. 2026-07-30 01:29 UTCEPSS rescore
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  38. 2026-07-23 02:54 UTCEG score recompute
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Frequently asked(5)

What is CVE-2025-38616?
CVE-2025-38616 is a high vulnerability published on August 22, 2025. In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: handle data disappearing from under the TLS ULP TLS expects that it owns the receive queue of the TCP socket. This cannot be guaranteed in case the reader of the TCP socket entered before the TLS ULP was installed, or uses…
When was CVE-2025-38616 disclosed?
CVE-2025-38616 was first published in the National Vulnerability Database on August 22, 2025, with the most recent update on August 27, 2026. EchelonGraph re-ingests CVE updates from NVD on a 2-hour cycle, so this page reflects the latest published state.
Is CVE-2025-38616 actively exploited?
CVE-2025-38616 is not currently on CISA's Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog. FIRST EPSS estimates a 0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the top 89.5% of all scored CVEs.
What is the CVSS score of CVE-2025-38616?
CVE-2025-38616 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.1 (NVD).
How do I remediate CVE-2025-38616?
Patch to the fixed version published by the affected vendor. Where vendor advisories exist for CVE-2025-38616, EchelonGraph cross-links them in the Vendor Advisories panel below — those typically contain the canonical remediation steps, fixed version numbers, and any vendor-specific mitigations.

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