CVE-2025-38366

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: LoongArch: KVM: Check validity of "num_cpu" from user space The maximum supported cpu number is EIOINTC_ROUTE_MAX_VCPUS about irqchip EIOINTC, here add validation about cpu number to avoid array pointer overflow.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3293b4078ee93174f70f36d3ab7618554ce6ab6	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc8d5b209e09d3b52bca1ffe00045876842d96ae	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3::::::

History

18 Nov 2025, 20:29

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
First Time		Linux linux Kernel Linux
CPE		cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:::::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:::::: cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::
CVSS	v2 : ~~unknown~~ v3 : ~~unknown~~	v2 : unknown v3 : 7.8
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3293b4078ee93174f70f36d3ab7618554ce6ab6 -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3293b4078ee93174f70f36d3ab7618554ce6ab6 - Patch
References	~~() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc8d5b209e09d3b52bca1ffe00045876842d96ae -~~	() https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cc8d5b209e09d3b52bca1ffe00045876842d96ae - Patch
CWE		NVD-CWE-noinfo

Information

Published : 2025-07-25 13:15

Updated : 2025-11-18 20:29

NVD link : CVE-2025-38366

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38366

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38366

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Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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