Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38003
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content When the procfs content is generated for a bcm_op w
Published Jun 8, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38003. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.28%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux f1b4e32aca0811aa011c76e5d6cf2fa19224b386 <1f912f8484e9c4396378c39460bbea0af681f319
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content When the procfs content is generated for a bcm_op which is in the process to be removed the procfs output might show unreliable data (UAF). As the removal of bcm_op's is already implemented with rcu handling this patch adds the missing rcu_read_lock() and makes sure the list entries are properly removed under rcu protection.
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- vendor Linux Linux f1b4e32aca0811aa011c76e5d6cf2fa19224b386 <1f912f8484e9c4396378c39460bbea0af681f319f1b4e32aca0811aa011c76e5d6cf2fa19224b386 <1f912f8484e9c4396378c39460bbea0af681f319
How to fix CVE-2025-38003
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38003. EPSS is 0.28%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux f1b4e32aca0811aa011c76e5d6cf2fa19224b386 <1f912f8484e9c4396378c39460bbea0af681f319 f1b4e32aca0811aa011c76e5d6cf2fa19224b386 <1f912f8484e9c4396378c39460bbea0af681f319. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.28%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
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Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 8, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content When the procfs content is generated for a bcm_op which is in the process to be removed the procfs output might show unreliable data (UAF). As the removal of bcm_op's is already implemented with rcu handling this patch adds the missing rcu_read_lock() and makes sure the
Aug 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content When the procfs content is generated for a bcm_op which is in the process to be removed the procfs output might show unreliable data (UAF). As the removal of bcm_op's is already implemented with rcu handling this patch adds the missing rcu_read_lock() and makes sure the
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38003
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-38003
30-day exploitation probability 0.3%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-17385
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: can: bcm: add missing rcu read protection for procfs content When the procfs content is generated for a bcm_op which is in the process to be removed the procfs output might show unreliable data (UAF). As the remo
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 18, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.