CVE-2025-38264 nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling

What is CVE-2025-38264?

CVE-2025-38264 is a critical denial of service vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 9 Jul 2025. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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

nvme-tcp: sanitize request list handling

Validate the request in nvme_tcp_handle_r2t() to ensure it's not part of any list, otherwise a malicious R2T PDU might inject a loop in request list processing.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38264?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Linux kernel.

How do I fix CVE-2025-38264?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2025-38264 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38264 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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• CVE-2013-6282 Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Exploited High 8.8
• CVE-2022-0185 Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2013-2094 Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation Exploited High 8.4
• CVE-2026-53362 Linux Kernel Unspecified Exploited High 7.8

All Linux kernel vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as AZL-64832, AZL-70433, BELL-CVE-2025-38264, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38264, GHSA-rhg9-f586-q28w, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-38264 and 4 more.