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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38146" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-07-03T08:35:52.230Z" updatedAt: "2026-10-15T21:52:09.590Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38146" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38146.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38146" title: "net: openvswitch: Fix the dead loop of MPLS parse" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: openvswitch: Fix the dead loop of MPLS parse\n\nThe unexpected MPLS packet may not end with the bottom label stack.\nWhen there are many stacks, The label count value has wrapped around.\nA dead loop occurs, soft lockup/CPU stuck finally.\n\nstack backtrace:\nUBSAN: array-index-out-of-bounds in /build/linux-0Pa0xK/linux-5.15.0/net/openvswitch/flow.c:662:26\nindex -1 is out of range for type '__be32 [3]'\nCPU: 34 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/34 Kdump: loaded Tainted: G OE 5.15.0-121-generic #131-Ubuntu\nHardware name: Dell Inc. PowerEdge C6420/0JP9TF, BIOS 2.12.2 07/14/2021\nCall Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n show_stack+0x52/0x5c\n dump_stack_lvl+0x4a/0x63\n dump_stack+0x10/0x16\n ubsan_epilogue+0x9/0x36\n __ubsan_handle_out_of_bounds.cold+0x44/0x49\n key_extract_l3l4+0x82a/0x840 [openvswitch]\n ? kfree_skbmem+0x52/0xa0\n key_extract+0x9c/0x2b0 [openvswitch]\n ovs_flow_key_extract+0x124/0x350 [openvswitch]\n ovs_vport_receive+0x61/0xd0 [openvswitch]\n ? kernel_init_free_pages.part.0+0x4a/0x70\n ? get_page_from_freelist+0x353/0x540\n netdev_port_receive+0xc4/0x180 [openvswitch]\n ? netdev_port_receive+0x180/0x180 [openvswitch]\n netdev_frame_hook+0x1f/0x40 [openvswitch]\n __netif_receive_skb_core.constprop.0+0x23a/0xf00\n __netif_receive_skb_list_core+0xfa/0x240\n netif_receive_skb_list_internal+0x18e/0x2a0\n napi_complete_done+0x7a/0x1c0\n bnxt_poll+0x155/0x1c0 [bnxt_en]\n __napi_poll+0x30/0x180\n net_rx_action+0x126/0x280\n ? bnxt_msix+0x67/0x80 [bnxt_en]\n handle_softirqs+0xda/0x2d0\n irq_exit_rcu+0x96/0xc0\n common_interrupt+0x8e/0xa0\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4b9a086eedc1fddae632310386098c12155e3d0a"},{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ad17eb86d042d72a59fd184ad1adf34f5eb36843"},{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f26fe7c3002516dd3c288f1012786df31f4d89e0"},{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"8ebcd311b4866ab911d1445ead08690e67f0c488"},{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"69541e58323ec3e3904e1fa87a6213961b1f52f4"},{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3c1906a3d50cb94fd0a10e97a1c0a40c0f033cb7"},{"version":"fbdcdd78da7c95f1b970d371e1b23cbd3aa990f3","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"0bdc924bfb319fb10d1113cbf091fc26fb7b1f99"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"5.5","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"5.5"},{"version":"5.10.239","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.186","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.142","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.94","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.34","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.3","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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