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CVE-2025-38117

7.8 · HIGH

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect mgmt_pending list with its own lock This uses a mutex to protect from concurrent access of mgmt_pendin…

Published Jul 3, 2025CWE-416EPSS 0.18%

Overview

CVE-2025-38117 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 3, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

Technical description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

Bluetooth: MGMT: Protect mgmt_pending list with its own lock

This uses a mutex to protect from concurrent access of mgmt_pending

list which can cause crashes like:

==================================================================

BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in hci_sock_get_channel+0x60/0x68 net/bluetooth/hci_sock.c:91

Read of size 2 at addr ffff0000c48885b2 by task syz.4.334/7318

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 7318 Comm: syz.4.334 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc7-syzkaller-g187899f4124a #0 PREEMPT

Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 02/12/2025

Call trace:

show_stack+0x2c/0x3c arch/arm64/kernel/stacktrace.c:466 (C)

__dump_stack+0x30/0x40 lib/dump_stack.c:94

dump_stack_lvl+0xd8/0x12c lib/dump_stack.c:120

print_address_description+0xa8/0x254 mm/kasan/report.c:408

print_report+0x68/0x84 mm/kasan/report.c:521

kasan_report+0xb0/0x110 mm/kasan/report.c:634

__asan_report_load2_noabort+0x20/

Remediation

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

References

Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/4e83f2dbb2bf677e614109df24426c4dded472d4Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/6fe26f694c824b8a4dbf50c635bee1302e3f099cRefgit.kernel.org/stable/c/7b5958332f20dc66b19be564c402dbc21b927a81Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/bdd56875c6926d8009914f427df71797693e90d4Refgit.kernel.org/stable/c/d7882db79135c829a922daf3571f33ea1e056ae3

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Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-38117?

CVE-2025-38117 is a high-severity vulnerability. It was published on July 3, 2025 and has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

How severe is CVE-2025-38117?

This vulnerability has a CVSS 3.1 base score of 7.8, rated HIGH. It requires local or adjacent network access to exploit. Some level of privileges is required for exploitation.

How do I fix or remediate CVE-2025-38117?

Check the references section for vendor advisories, patches, and mitigation guidance. If immediate patching is not possible, review the CVSS vector to understand the attack surface and apply compensating controls such as network segmentation or access restrictions.

How can CyberStrike help with CVE-2025-38117?

CyberStrike is an open-source, AI-augmented pentesting engine. Rather than flag a version number, it tests whether an issue like CVE-2025-38117 is actually reachable in your own applications and APIs, then verifies each finding before reporting it. That tells you if the weakness is a real, exploitable risk in your environment or a false positive you can safely deprioritize.

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