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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38700" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-09-04T15:32:52.241Z" updatedAt: "2026-05-12T12:05:37.822Z" 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-2025-38700" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38700.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38700" title: "scsi: libiscsi: Initialize iscsi_conn-\u003edd_data only if memory is allocated" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nscsi: libiscsi: Initialize iscsi_conn-\u003edd_data only if memory is allocated\n\nIn case of an ib_fast_reg_mr allocation failure during iSER setup, the\nmachine hits a panic because iscsi_conn-\u003edd_data is initialized\nunconditionally, even when no memory is allocated (dd_size == 0). This\nleads invalid pointer dereference during connection teardown.\n\nFix by setting iscsi_conn-\u003edd_data only if memory is actually allocated.\n\nPanic trace:\n------------\n iser: iser_create_fastreg_desc: Failed to allocate ib_fast_reg_mr err=-12\n iser: iser_alloc_rx_descriptors: failed allocating rx descriptors / data buffers\n BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffffffffffff8\n RIP: 0010:swake_up_locked.part.5+0xa/0x40\n Call Trace:\n complete+0x31/0x40\n iscsi_iser_conn_stop+0x88/0xb0 [ib_iser]\n iscsi_stop_conn+0x66/0xc0 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n iscsi_if_stop_conn+0x14a/0x150 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n iscsi_if_rx+0x1135/0x1834 [scsi_transport_iscsi]\n ? netlink_lookup+0x12f/0x1b0\n ? netlink_deliver_tap+0x2c/0x200\n netlink_unicast+0x1ab/0x280\n netlink_sendmsg+0x257/0x4f0\n ? _copy_from_user+0x29/0x60\n sock_sendmsg+0x5f/0x70" affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"f53af99f441ee79599d8df6113a7144d74cf9153"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"9ea6d961566c7d762ed0204b06db05756fdda3b6"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fd5aad080edb501ab5c84b7623d612d0e3033403"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a145c269dc5380c063a20a0db7e6df2995962e9d"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"66a373f50b4249d57f5a88c7be9676f9d5884865"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"35782c32528d82aa21f84cb5ceb2abd3526a8159"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"a33d42b7fc24fe03f239fbb0880dd5b4b4b97c19"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"2b242ea14386a510010eabfbfc3ce81a101f3802"},{"version":"5d91e209fb21fb9cc765729d4c6a85a9fb6c9187","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"3ea3a256ed81f95ab0f3281a0e234b01a9cae605"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"2.6.27","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"2.6.27"},{"version":"5.4.297","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.241","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.190","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.149","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.103","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.43","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","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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