{"id":"CVE-2025-38653","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2025-38653","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T02:14:10.440Z","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: proc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al Check pde->proc_ops->proc_lseek directly may cause UAF in rmmod scenario.","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nproc: use the same treatment to check proc_lseek as ones for proc_read_iter et.al\n\nCheck pde->proc_ops->proc_lseek directly may cause UAF in rmmod scenario. \nIt's a gap in proc_reg_open() after commit 654b33ada4ab(\"proc: fix UAF in\nproc_get_inode()\").  Followed by AI Viro's suggestion, fix it in same\nmanner.","published":"2025-08-22T16:15:40.000Z","lastModified":"2026-10-15T22:18:48.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-416"],"affected":["linux/linux kernel","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.00177,"percentile":0.07135,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1fccbfbae1dd36198dc47feac696563244ad81d3","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/33c778ea0bd0fa62ff590497e72562ff90f82b13","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c35b0feb80b48720dfbbf4e33759c7be3faaebb6","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d136502e04d8853a9aecb335d07bbefd7a1519a8","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fc1072d934f687e1221d685cf1a49a5068318f34","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff7ec8dc1b646296f8d94c39339e8d3833d16c05","tags":["Patch"],"source":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38653","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}