Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38075
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection NOPIN response timer may expire on a deleted connection a
Published Jun 18, 2025 · catalog updated Oct 15, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38075. EPSS is 0.45%. 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
- Critical9.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.45%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- cpe debian/debian linux · cpe linux/linux kernel · vendor Linux Linux e48354ce078c079996f89d715dfa44814b4eba01 <2c5081439c7ab8da08427befe427f0d732ebc9f9
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection NOPIN response timer may expire on a deleted connection and crash with such logs: Did not receive response to NOPIN on CID: 0, failing connection for I_T Nexus (null),i,0x00023d000125,iqn.2017-01.com.iscsi.target,t,0x3d BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x00000000 NIP strlcpy+0x8/0xb0 LR iscsit_fill_cxn_timeout_err_stats+0x5c/0xc0 [iscsi_target_mod] Call Trace: iscsit_handle_nopin_response_timeout+0xfc/0x120 [iscsi_target_mod] call_timer_fn+0x58/0x1f0 run_timer_softirq+0x740/0x860 __do_softirq+0x16c/0x420 irq_exit+0x188/0x1c0 timer_interrupt+0x184/0x410 That is because nopin response timer may be re-started on nopin timer expiration. Stop nopin timer before stopping the nopin response timer to be sure that no one of them will be re-started.
Are you affected?
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- cpe debian/debian linux11.0
- cpe linux/linux kernel6.15
- vendor Linux Linux e48354ce078c079996f89d715dfa44814b4eba01 <2c5081439c7ab8da08427befe427f0d732ebc9f9e48354ce078c079996f89d715dfa44814b4eba01 <2c5081439c7ab8da08427befe427f0d732ebc9f9
How to fix CVE-2025-38075
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-2025-38075. EPSS is 0.45%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with debian/debian linux 11.0; linux/linux kernel 6.15; Linux Linux e48354ce078c079996f89d715dfa44814b4eba01 <2c5081439c7ab8da08427befe427f0d732ebc9f9 e48354ce078c079996f89d715dfa44814b4eba01 <2c5081439c7ab8da08427befe427f0d732ebc9f9. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference. EPSS 0.45%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 18, 2025 · NIST NVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection NOPIN response timer may expire on a deleted connection and crash with such logs: Did not receive response to NOPIN on CID: 0, failing connection for I_T Nexus (null),i,0x00023d000125,iqn.2017-01.com.iscsi.target,t,0x3d BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x0000000
Oct 15, 2026 · NIST NVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection NOPIN response timer may expire on a deleted connection and crash with such logs: Did not receive response to NOPIN on CID: 0, failing connection for I_T Nexus (null),i,0x00023d000125,iqn.2017-01.com.iscsi.target,t,0x3d BUG: Kernel NULL pointer dereference on read at 0x0000000
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38075
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-38075
30-day exploitation probability 0.45%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18578
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection NOPIN response timer may expire on a deleted connection and crash with such logs: Did not receive response to NOPIN on CID: 0, failing connection for I_T Nex
euvd.enisa.europa.eu - NIST NVDVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38075
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: scsi: target: iscsi: Fix timeout on deleted connection NOPIN response timer may expire on a deleted connection and crash with such logs: Did not receive response to NOPIN on CID: 0, failing connection for I_T
nvd.nist.gov
References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.