{"cve":"CVE-2025-38451","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-25T16:15:30.680","modified":"2026-06-17T09:16:52.953","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nmd/md-bitmap: fix GPF in bitmap_get_stats()\n\nThe commit message of commit 6ec1f0239485 (\"md/md-bitmap: fix stats\ncollection for external bitmaps\") states:\n\n    Remove the external bitmap check as the statistics should be\n    available regardless of bitmap storage location.\n\n    Return -EINVAL only for invalid bitmap with no storage (neither in\n    superblock nor in external file).\n\nBut, the code does not adhere to the above, as it does only check for\na valid super-block for \"internal\" bitmaps. Hence, we observe:\n\nOops: GPF, probably for non-canonical address 0x1cd66f1f40000028\nRIP: 0010:bitmap_get_stats+0x45/0xd0\nCall Trace:\n\n seq_read_iter+0x2b9/0x46a\n seq_read+0x12f/0x180\n proc_reg_read+0x57/0xb0\n vfs_read+0xf6/0x380\n ksys_read+0x6d/0xf0\n do_syscall_64+0x8c/0x1b0\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x76/0x7e\n\nWe fix this by checking the existence of a super-block for both the\ninternal and external case.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3d82a729530bd2110ba66e4a1f73461c776edec2","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e0542701b37aa25b025d8531583458e4f014c2e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a18f9b08c70e10ea3a897058fee8a4f3b4c146ec","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a23b16ba3274961494f5ad236345d238364349ff","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c17fb542dbd1db745c9feac15617056506dd7195"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38451","score":0.00178,"percentile":0.07426,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}