What is CVE-2025-38246?

CVE-2025-38246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-09.

How severe is CVE-2025-38246?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Linux

CVE-2025-38246

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: bnxt: properly flush XDP redirect lists We encountered following crash when testing a XDP_REDIRECT feature in production: [56251.579676] list_add corruption. next->prev…

EPSS: 0.001 (3.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Linux — versions a7559bc8c17c3f9a91dcbeefe8642ba757fd09e8, 5.19, 0
Linux Linux_kernel — versions 6.16

References

416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38246?: CVE-2025-38246 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Linux. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2025-07-09.
How severe is CVE-2025-38246?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.