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CVE-2025-38238

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

scsi: fnic: Fix crash in fnic_wq_cmpl_handler when FDMI times out

When both the RHBA and RPA FDMI requests time out, fnic reuses a frame to send ABTS for each of them. On send completion, this causes an attempt to free the same frame twice that leads to a crash.

Fix crash by allocating separate frames for RHBA and RPA, and modify ABTS logic accordingly.

Tested by checking MDS for FDMI information.

Tested by using instrumented driver to:

  • Drop PLOGI response
  • Drop RHBA response
  • Drop RPA response
  • Drop RHBA and RPA response
  • Drop PLOGI response + ABTS response
  • Drop RHBA response + ABTS response
  • Drop RPA response + ABTS response
  • Drop RHBA and RPA response + ABTS response for both of them
  • Published: Jul 9, 2025
  • Updated: Nov 20, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2025-38238
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 5.5
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 6.14 6.15.5
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc1 6.16-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc2 6.16-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc3 6.16-rc3.x