Bug 2373373 (CVE-2025-38061) - CVE-2025-38061 kernel: net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()
Summary: CVE-2025-38061 kernel: net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer i...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38061
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-06-18 10:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-06-20 16:50 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-06-18 10:04:15 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: pktgen: fix access outside of user given buffer in pktgen_thread_write()

Honour the user given buffer size for the strn_len() calls (otherwise
strn_len() will access memory outside of the user given buffer).
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-06-20 16:41:14 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061835-CVE-2025-38061-caa2@gregkh/T
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