CVE-2025-38432 — MEDIUM (5.5)

Q: How severe is CVE-2025-38432?

CVE-2025-38432 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Q: Is there a patch for CVE-2025-38432?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming commit f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment") removed the initialization of the UDP checksum, which was wrong and broke netpoll IPv6 transmission due to bad checksumming. udph->check needs to be set before calling csum_ipv6_magic().

CVSS Score

5.5

MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

LOW

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

NONE

Integrity

NONE

Availability

HIGH

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Linux	Linux Kernel	>= 6.15, < 6.15.5

References

FAQ

What is CVE-2025-38432?

CVE-2025-38432 is a vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming commit f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment") re...

How severe is CVE-2025-38432?

CVE-2025-38432 has been rated MEDIUM with a CVSS base score of 5.5/10. Review the CVSS metrics above for detailed severity breakdown.

Is there a patch for CVE-2025-38432?

Check the references section above for vendor advisories and patch information. Affected products include: Linux Linux Kernel.