# CVE-2025-38314: virtio-pci: Fix result size returned for the admin command completion

> A flaw in the Linux kernel's virtio-pci driver returns an oversized result size, potentially exposing extra memory data during admin command completions.

- **Severity:** High 7.3 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/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:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-38314, GHSA-826j-xvc4-rfgh, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38314

## What is CVE-2025-38314?

CVE-2025-38314 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, 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:

virtio-pci: Fix result size returned for the admin command completion

The result size returned by virtio_pci_admin_dev_parts_get() is 8 bytes
larger than the actual result data size. This occurs because the
result_sg_size field of the command is filled with the result length
from virtqueue_get_buf(), which includes both the data size and an
additional 8 bytes of status.

This oversized result size causes two issues:
1. The state transferred to the destination includes 8 bytes of extra
   data at the end.
2. The allocated buffer in the kernel may be smaller than the returned
   size, leading to failures when reading beyond the allocated size.

The commit fixes this by subtracting the status size from the result of
virtqueue_get_buf().

This fix has been tested through live migrations with virtio-net,
virtio-net-transitional, and virtio-blk devices.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38314?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-38314?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-38314 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38314 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-38314 is a high-severity vulnerability in Linux kernel, 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-2025-38314 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. 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-2025-38314/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38314/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38314
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38314
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-38314

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38314/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.