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CVE-2025-38693
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-38693)
Summary
vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-38693). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-38693** 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-2025-38693" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38693 (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/17b30e5ded062bd74f8ca6f317e1d415a8680665
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/39b06b93f24dff923c4183d564ed28c039150554
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/454a443eaa792c8865c861a282fe6d4f596abc3a
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bbaec6a036940e22318f0454b50b8000845ab59
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a41ecfc3415ebe3b4c44f96b3337691dcf431a3
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99690a494d91a0dc86cebd628da4c62c40552bcb
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b3d77a3fc71c084575d3df4ec6544b3fb6ce587d
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ed0234c8458b3149f15e496b48a1c9874dd24a1b
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f98132a59ccc59a8b97987363bc99c8968934756
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- web https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- web https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38693
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ddd1f0e0b6991e4f1b5d08a74de388564b7c4ac6
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qp76-qqr3-xhv8