---
id: CVE-2025-38197
title: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  platform/x86: dell_rbu: Fix list usage

  Pass the correct list head to list_for_each_entry*() when looping through
  the packet list.

  Without this patch, reading the pack…
summary: |-
  In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

  platform/x86: dell_rbu: Fix list usage

  Pass the correct list head to list_for_each_entry*() when looping through
  the packet list.

  Without this patch, reading the pack…
severity: high
cvss: 7.3
cvssVector: 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:H'
cwe:
  - CWE-476
vendor: linux
product: linux_kernel
affected:
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.7, < 5.10.239'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.186'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.142'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.95'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.35'
  - 'linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.4'
  - linux_kernel = 6.16
  - debian_linux = 11.0
patched:
  - linux_kernel 6.15.4
published: '2025-07-04'
updated: '2026-10-15'
sourceUpdated: '2026-10-15T22:18:34.710'
source: NVD
sourceUrl: 'https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38197'
references:
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/07d7b8e7ef7d1f812a6211ed531947c56d09e95e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/32d05e6cc3a7bf6c8f16f7b7ef8fe80eca0c233e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4d71f2c1e5263a9f042faa71d59515709869dc79'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e8c658acd1b7c186aeffa46bf08795e121f401a'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/61ce04601e0d8265ec6d2ffa6df5a7e1bce64854'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a7b477b64ef5e37cb08dd536ae07c46f9f28262e'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b840fb1508a80cd8a0efb5c886ae1995a88b24'
    label: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
  - url: 'https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html'
    label: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
tags:
  - nvd
  - cve.org
epss: 0.00194
epssPercentile: 0.09026
ssvc:
  exploitation: none
  automatable: 'no'
  technicalImpact: partial
  timestamp: '2026-10-15T21:48:27.350368Z'
ingestedAt: '2026-10-15T22:48:25.497Z'
---

## Overview

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

platform/x86: dell_rbu: Fix list usage

Pass the correct list head to list_for_each_entry*() when looping through
the packet list.

Without this patch, reading the packet data via sysfs will show the data
incorrectly (because it starts at the wrong packet), and clearing the
packet list will result in a NULL pointer dereference.

## Affected

- `linux_kernel >= 5.7, < 5.10.239`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.11, < 5.15.186`
- `linux_kernel >= 5.16, < 6.1.142`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.2, < 6.6.95`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.7, < 6.12.35`
- `linux_kernel >= 6.13, < 6.15.4`
- `linux_kernel = 6.16`
- `debian_linux = 11.0`

## Remediation

Upgrade past the affected range:

- `linux_kernel 6.15.4`