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CVE-2025-38332VulnerabilityPublished Updated

Linux kernel · scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version The strlcat() with FORTIFY support is triggering a panic because it thinks the target buffer will overflow although the correct target buffer size is passed in

Affects linuxSource GCVE Database

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Mentioned vulnerabilities

Not known to be exploited · CVSS 5.5 Medium · fixed in 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1 : update linux when convenient.

Data as of 25 Oct 2026, 19:02 UTC

CVSS 3.1 base score
5.5Medium
How severe the flaw is on the 0–10 CVSS scale.
EPSS
0.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days – higher than 12% of CVEsExploit Prediction Scoring System: the likelihood attackers will use this flaw soon.
Patch
Available – fixed in 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1, 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1 +2
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploitation evidence

  1. Disclosed: evidence found.

    CVE published 10 Jul 2025

  2. Detectable: no evidence on record.

    No public nuclei template indexed

  3. Weaponised: no evidence on record.

    No public exploit code indexed in Metasploit or Exploit-DB

  4. Exploited in the wild: no evidence on record.

    Not in CISA KEV and no source reports exploitation

  5. Observed by OffSeq Mirage: no evidence on record.

    No attack traffic recorded by OffSeq Mirage sensors

A missing step is not evidence of safety. Sources: cve.org (opens in a new tab), the Metasploit, Exploit-DB and nuclei-templates index as of 2026-10-25.

What to do

Upgrade to a fixed release listed under Affected software.

Affected software

ProductAffectedFixed in
linuxAffected
  • Red Hat
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Real Time (v. 7 ELS)
  • src
  • kernel-rt-0:3.10.0-1160.139.1.rt56.1291.el7.src
  • <5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1
  • <5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1
  • <5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
  • <5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1
  • <5.15.0-156.166~20.04.1
Fixed in
  • 5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1
  • 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1
  • 5.15.0-1114.123~20.04.1
  • 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1
  • 5.15.0-156.166~20.04.1

AI-suggested

Red Hat has released updated kernel packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 Extended Lifecycle Support to address these vulnerabilities. Users should apply the provided kernel updates as detailed in the Red Hat advisory and reboot their systems to ensure the fixes take effect. Patch status is confirmed with an official fix available.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: lpfc: Use memcpy() for BIOS version The strlcat() with FORTIFY support is triggering a panic because it thinks the target buffer will overflow although the correct target buffer size is passed in. Anyway, instead of memset() with 0 followed by a strlcat(), just use memcpy() and ensure that the resulting buffer is NULL terminated. BIOSVersion is only used for the lpfc_printf_log() which expects a properly terminated string.

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