{"id":"CVE-2025-38640","title":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().\n\nsyzbot reported that the netfilter bpf prog can be called without\nmigration disabled in xmit path.\n\nThen the assertion in …","summary":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().\n\nsyzbot reported that the netfilter bpf prog can be called without\nmigration disabled in xmit path.\n\nThen the assertion in …","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-366"],"vendor":"linux","product":"linux_kernel","affected":["linux_kernel >= 6.4, < 6.6.102","linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.42","linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.10","linux_kernel >= 6.16, < 6.16.1"],"patched":["linux_kernel 6.16.1"],"published":"2025-08-22","updated":"2026-10-15","sourceUpdated":"2026-10-15T22:18:47.880","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38640","references":[{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a356da16fb933abbeeb7aea038c351f3342cd3f","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/17ce3e5949bc37557305ad46316f41c7875d6366","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/62f6175d145e00fc999fd2fcbffad3f59253c66a","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0199c28167a8a4adec036005a8df268b2b68529","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee2502485702e4398cd74dbfb288bfa111d25e62","label":"416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"},{"url":"https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-38640.json"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-38640"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2390404"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38640"},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38640"},{"url":"https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025082234-CVE-2025-38640-e7a9@gregkh/T"}],"tags":["nvd","csaf","vex","red-hat","cve.org","score-dispute"],"epss":0.00174,"epssPercentile":0.06871,"ssvc":{"exploitation":"none","automatable":"no","technicalImpact":"total","timestamp":"2026-10-15T21:52:28.744874Z"},"scores":{"nvd":7.8,"vendor":4.4,"cna":7.8},"ingestedAt":"2026-10-15T22:48:25.517Z","slug":"CVE-2025-38640","body":"## Overview\n\nIn the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nbpf: Disable migration in nf_hook_run_bpf().\n\nsyzbot reported that the netfilter bpf prog can be called without\nmigration disabled in xmit path.\n\nThen the assertion in __bpf_prog_run() fails, triggering the splat\nbelow. [0]\n\nLet's use bpf_prog_run_pin_on_cpu() in nf_hook_run_bpf().\n\n[0]:\nBUG: assuming non migratable context at ./include/linux/filter.h:703\nin_atomic(): 0, irqs_disabled(): 0, migration_disabled() 0 pid: 5829, name: sshd-session\n3 locks held by sshd-session/5829:\n #0: ffff88807b4e4218 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: lock_sock include/net/sock.h:1667 [inline]\n #0: ffff88807b4e4218 (sk_lock-AF_INET){+.+.}-{0:0}, at: tcp_sendmsg+0x20/0x50 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1395\n #1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]\n #1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]\n #1: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: __ip_queue_xmit+0x69/0x26c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:470\n #2: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_lock_acquire include/linux/rcupdate.h:331 [inline]\n #2: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: rcu_read_lock include/linux/rcupdate.h:841 [inline]\n #2: ffffffff8e5c4e00 (rcu_read_lock){....}-{1:3}, at: nf_hook+0xb2/0x680 include/linux/netfilter.h:241\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 5829 Comm: sshd-session Not tainted 6.16.0-rc6-syzkaller-00002-g155a3c003e55 #0 PREEMPT(full)\nHardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025\nCall Trace:\n <TASK>\n __dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:94 [inline]\n dump_stack_lvl+0x16c/0x1f0 lib/dump_stack.c:120\n __cant_migrate kernel/sched/core.c:8860 [inline]\n __cant_migrate+0x1c7/0x250 kernel/sched/core.c:8834\n __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:703 [inline]\n bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:725 [inline]\n nf_hook_run_bpf+0x83/0x1e0 net/netfilter/nf_bpf_link.c:20\n nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline]\n nf_hook_slow+0xbb/0x200 net/netfilter/core.c:623\n nf_hook+0x370/0x680 include/linux/netfilter.h:272\n NF_HOOK_COND include/linux/netfilter.h:305 [inline]\n ip_output+0x1bc/0x2a0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:433\n dst_output include/net/dst.h:459 [inline]\n ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:129 [inline]\n __ip_queue_xmit+0x1d7d/0x26c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:527\n __tcp_transmit_skb+0x2686/0x3e90 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1479\n tcp_transmit_skb net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:1497 [inline]\n tcp_write_xmit+0x1274/0x84e0 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:2838\n __tcp_push_pending_frames+0xaf/0x390 net/ipv4/tcp_output.c:3021\n tcp_push+0x225/0x700 net/ipv4/tcp.c:759\n tcp_sendmsg_locked+0x1870/0x42b0 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1359\n tcp_sendmsg+0x2e/0x50 net/ipv4/tcp.c:1396\n inet_sendmsg+0xb9/0x140 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg net/socket.c:727 [inline]\n sock_write_iter+0x4aa/0x5b0 net/socket.c:1131\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0x6c7/0x1150 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write+0x1f8/0x250 fs/read_write.c:738\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xcd/0x4c0 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\nRIP: 0033:0x7fe7d365d407\nCode: 48 89 fa 4c 89 df e8 38 aa 00 00 8b 93 08 03 00 00 59 5e 48 83 f8 fc 74 1a 5b c3 0f 1f 84 00 00 00 00 00 48 8b 44 24 10 0f 05 <5b> c3 0f 1f 80 00 00 00 00 83 e2 39 83 fa 08 75 de e8 23 ff ff ff\nRSP:\n\n## Affected\n\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.4, < 6.6.102`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.42`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.10`\n- `linux_kernel >= 6.16, < 6.16.1`\n\n## Remediation\n\nUpgrade past the affected range:\n\n- `linux_kernel 6.16.1`\n\n## Vendor advisories\n\n- **Red Hat VEX** · Low · affected: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · no fix planned: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9 · updated 2026-10-16 · [vex](https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-38640.json)","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[{"seq":230061,"id":"CVE-2025-38640","ts":1793124778581,"field":"cvss","old":"4.4","new":"7.8"},{"seq":230060,"id":"CVE-2025-38640","ts":1793124778581,"field":"severity","old":"medium","new":"high"},{"seq":223570,"id":"CVE-2025-38640","ts":1792238318348,"field":"cvss","old":"7.8","new":"4.4"},{"seq":223569,"id":"CVE-2025-38640","ts":1792238318348,"field":"severity","old":"high","new":"medium"}]}