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CVE-2025-38659
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-38659)
Summary
vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-38659). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-38659** has been found in linux.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. CVSS score: 5.5/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "linux CVE-2025-38659" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38659 (linux) — CWE-476 / CVSS v3 5.5
Attack vector: local / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
❓ What is the problem
**A vulnerability** (CWE-476) exists in linux.
📍 Affected scope
linux — .
🔥 Severity
Severity: Medium (CVSS 5.5/10). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure
🔧 How to fix
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
🛡️ Workaround
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
🔍 Detection
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run `grep -r 'linux' .` against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response Actions (7 steps)
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'linux' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で `linux` を grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。
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7Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番では Step 3 と同じログクエリでアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
References
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1a91ba12abef628b43cada87478328274d988e88
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6784367b2f3cd7b89103de35764f37f152590dbd
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69cf5699a402ee7ae1be53954dc2ae652c0a053c
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6ebe17b359bead383581f729e43f591c1c36e159
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97c94c7dbddc34d353c83b541b3decabf98d04af
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/deb016c1669002e48c431d6fd32ea1c20ef41756
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5426ffbec971a8f7346a57392d3a901bdee5a9b
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38659
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hx42-fcj6-qc8x