CVE-2025-38528

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This patch fixes it by\nnot skipping over punctuation. %\\x00 is then processed in the next\niteration and rejected."}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: bpf: Rechazo de la cadena de formato %p% en ayudantes similares a bprintf. static const char fmt[] = \"%p%\"; bpf_trace_printk(fmt, sizeof(fmt)); El programa BPF anterior no se rechaza y genera una advertencia del kernel en tiempo de ejecuci\u00f3n: Por favor, elimine el %\\x00 no compatible en la cadena de formato. ADVERTENCIA: CPU: 1 PID: 7244 en lib/vsprintf.c:2680 format_decode+0x49c/0x5d0. Esto ocurre porque bpf_bprintf_prepare omite el segundo %, detectado como signo de puntuaci\u00f3n, al procesar %p. Este parche lo corrige al no omitir la puntuaci\u00f3n. %\\x00 se procesa en la siguiente iteraci\u00f3n y se rechaza."}], "lastModified": "2026-01-07T19:21:55.550", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "00A77226-2C17-41C7-BAA0-A33ECE2B2912", "versionEndExcluding": "5.15.190", "versionStartIncluding": "5.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A4FD62FC-0DAE-4ACE-8C9C-66156518C3E1", "versionEndExcluding": "6.1.147", "versionStartIncluding": "5.16"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "094B81E0-B756-4727-85CA-F3F8D1C9D116", "versionEndExcluding": "6.6.100", "versionStartIncluding": "6.2"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "0099D5A4-B157-4D36-8858-982C7D579030", "versionEndExcluding": "6.12.40", "versionStartIncluding": "6.7"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "C7AFE5B0-F3B1-4D30-B8BF-EDA0385C4746", "versionEndExcluding": "6.15.8", "versionStartIncluding": "6.13"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "6D4894DB-CCFE-4602-B1BF-3960B2E19A01"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "09709862-E348-4378-8632-5A7813EDDC86"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "415BF58A-8197-43F5-B3D7-D1D63057A26E"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "A0517869-312D-4429-80C2-561086E1421C"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "85421F4E-C863-4ABF-B4B4-E887CC2F7F92"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "3827F0D4-5FEE-4181-B267-5A45E7CA11FC"}], "operator": "OR"}]}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "FA6FEEC2-9F11-4643-8827-749718254FED"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67"}