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CVE-2025-38701
medium
CVSS 5.5
Vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-38701)
Summary
vulnerability in linux (CVE-2025-38701). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
AI summary snake-internal / snake-material-v2
A vulnerability tracked as **CVE-2025-38701** 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-2025-38701" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-38701 (linux) — CWE-617 / 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-617) 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/099b847ccc6c1ad2f805d13cfbcc83f5b6d4bc42
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1199a6399895f4767f0b9a68a6ff47c3f799b7c7
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/279c87ef7b9da34f65c2e4db586e730b667a6fb9
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2817ac83cb4732597bf36853fe13ca616f4ee4e2
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7f322c12df7aeed1755acd3c6fab48c7807795fb
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8085a7324d8ec448c4a764af7853e19bbd64e17a
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81e7e2e7ba07e7c8cdce43ccad2f91adbc5a919c
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8a6f89d42e61788605722dd9faf98797c958a7e5
- web https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d960f4b793912f35e9d72bd9d1e90553063fcbf1
- 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://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html
- web https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38701
- web https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-x687-v76r-f9gw