{"dataType": "CVE_RECORD", "dataVersion": "5.1", "cveMetadata": {"cveId": "CVE-2025-38122", "assignerOrgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "state": "PUBLISHED", "assignerShortName": "Linux", "dateReserved": "2025-04-16T04:51:23.986Z", "datePublished": "2025-07-03T08:35:28.582Z", "dateUpdated": "2025-07-28T04:12:42.700Z"}, "containers": {"cna": {"providerMetadata": {"orgId": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "shortName": "Linux", "dateUpdated": "2025-07-28T04:12:42.700Z"}, "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO\n\ngve_alloc_pending_packet() can return NULL, but gve_tx_add_skb_dqo()\ndid not check for this case before dereferencing the returned pointer.\n\nAdd a missing NULL check to prevent a potential NULL pointer\ndereference when allocation fails.\n\nThis improves robustness in low-memory scenarios."}], "affected": [{"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "unaffected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_tx_dqo.c"], "versions": [{"version": "a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3", "lessThan": "ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3", "lessThan": "2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3", "lessThan": "7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3", "lessThan": "a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3", "lessThan": "c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}, {"version": "a57e5de476be0b4b7f42beb6a21c19ad9c577aa3", "lessThan": "12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248", "status": "affected", "versionType": "git"}]}, {"product": "Linux", "vendor": "Linux", "defaultStatus": "affected", "repo": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git", "programFiles": ["drivers/net/ethernet/google/gve/gve_tx_dqo.c"], "versions": [{"version": "5.14", "status": "affected"}, {"version": "0", "lessThan": "5.14", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "5.15.186", "lessThanOrEqual": "5.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.1.142", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.1.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.6.94", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.6.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.12.34", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.12.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.15.3", "lessThanOrEqual": "6.15.*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "semver"}, {"version": "6.16", "lessThanOrEqual": "*", "status": "unaffected", "versionType": "original_commit_for_fix"}]}], "cpeApplicability": [{"nodes": [{"operator": "OR", "negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.186"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.142"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.94"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.34"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.3"}, {"vulnerable": true, "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "versionStartIncluding": "5.14", "versionEndExcluding": "6.16"}]}]}], "references": [{"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3"}, {"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248"}], "title": "gve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO", "x_generator": {"engine": "bippy-1.2.0"}}}}

{}

{"cveTags": [], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ngve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO\n\ngve_alloc_pending_packet() can return NULL, but gve_tx_add_skb_dqo()\ndid not check for this case before dereferencing the returned pointer.\n\nAdd a missing NULL check to prevent a potential NULL pointer\ndereference when allocation fails.\n\nThis improves robustness in low-memory scenarios."}], "id": "CVE-2025-38122", "lastModified": "2025-07-03T15:13:53.147", "metrics": {}, "published": "2025-07-03T09:15:26.297", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/12c331b29c7397ac3b03584e12902990693bc248"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e5ead9e4e91fbe7799bd38afd8904543be1cb51"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f6265fce3bd424ded666481b37f106d7915fb6b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0319c9b1648a67511e947a596ca86888451c0a7"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae98a1787fdcb0096d122bc80d93c3c7d812c04b"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c741a7ef68023ac800054e2131c3e22e647fd7e3"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Awaiting Analysis"}

{"bugzilla": {"description": "kernel: gve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO", "id": "2376037", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2376037"}, "csaw": false, "cvss3": {"cvss3_base_score": "5.5", "cvss3_scoring_vector": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "status": "draft"}, "details": ["In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\ngve: add missing NULL check for gve_alloc_pending_packet() in TX DQO\ngve_alloc_pending_packet() can return NULL, but gve_tx_add_skb_dqo()\ndid not check for this case before dereferencing the returned pointer.\nAdd a missing NULL check to prevent a potential NULL pointer\ndereference when allocation fails.\nThis improves robustness in low-memory scenarios."], "name": "CVE-2025-38122", "package_state": [{"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7", "fix_state": "Not affected", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}, {"cpe": "cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9", "fix_state": "Fix deferred", "package_name": "kernel-rt", "product_name": "Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9"}], "public_date": "2025-07-03T00:00:00Z", "references": ["https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38122\nhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38122\nhttps://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070327-CVE-2025-38122-cd8d@gregkh/T"], "threat_severity": "Moderate"}