# CVE-2025-38280: bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails

> A local attacker can trigger a kernel warning and potential denial of service in the Linux kernel BPF subsystem when JIT compilation fails under specific configurations.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 10 Jul 2025
- **Updated:** 15 Oct 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-64907, BELL-CVE-2025-38280, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38280, GHSA-h6w8-9939-9v6v, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-38280, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-38280, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-38280, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-38280, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38280

## What is CVE-2025-38280?

CVE-2025-38280 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

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

bpf: Avoid __bpf_prog_ret0_warn when jit fails

syzkaller reported an issue:

WARNING: CPU: 3 PID: 217 at kernel/bpf/core.c:2357 __bpf_prog_ret0_warn+0xa/0x20 kernel/bpf/core.c:2357
Modules linked in:
CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 217 Comm: kworker/u32:6 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc4-syzkaller-00040-g8bac8898fe39
RIP: 0010:__bpf_prog_ret0_warn+0xa/0x20 kernel/bpf/core.c:2357
Call Trace:
 <TASK>
 bpf_dispatcher_nop_func include/linux/bpf.h:1316 [inline]
 __bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:718 [inline]
 bpf_prog_run include/linux/filter.h:725 [inline]
 cls_bpf_classify+0x74a/0x1110 net/sched/cls_bpf.c:105
 ...

When creating bpf program, 'fp->jit_requested' depends on bpf_jit_enable.
This issue is triggered because of CONFIG_BPF_JIT_ALWAYS_ON is not set
and bpf_jit_enable is set to 1, causing the arch to attempt JIT the prog,
but jit failed due to FAULT_INJECTION. As a result, incorrectly
treats the program as valid, when the program runs it calls
`__bpf_prog_ret0_warn` and triggers the WARN_ON_ONCE(1).

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38280?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38280?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38280 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38280 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38280 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Jul 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38280 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38280/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38280/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38280
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38280
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38280

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38280/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.