Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2025-38727)

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
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# (C) Tenable, Inc.
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include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(505165);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2026/07/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2025-38727");
  script_xref(name:"ICSA", value:"26-134-10");

  script_name(english:"Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition ('Infinite Loop') (CVE-2025-38727)");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote OT asset is affected by a vulnerability.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netlink: avoid infinite retry looping in netlink_unicast()
netlink_attachskb() checks for the socket's read memory allocation
constraints. Firstly, it has:      rmem < READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf)
to check if the just increased rmem value fits into the socket's
receive  buffer. If not, it proceeds and tries to wait for the memory
under:      rmem + skb->truesize > READ_ONCE(sk->sk_rcvbuf)    The
checks don't cover the case when skb->truesize + sk->sk_rmem_alloc is
equal to sk->sk_rcvbuf. Thus the function neither successfully accepts
these conditions, nor manages to reschedule the task - and is called
in  retry loop for indefinite time which is caught as:      rcu: INFO:
rcu_sched self-detected stall on CPU    rcu:     0-....: (25999 ticks
this GP) idle=ef2/1/0x4000000000000000 softirq=262269/262269 fqs=6212
(t=26000 jiffies g=230833 q=259957)    NMI backtrace for cpu 0    CPU:
0 PID: 22 Comm: kauditd Not tainted 5.10.240 #68    Hardware name:
QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.17.0-4.fc42 04/01/2014
Call Trace:    <IRQ>    dump_stack lib/dump_stack.c:120
nmi_cpu_backtrace.cold lib/nmi_backtrace.c:105
nmi_trigger_cpumask_backtrace lib/nmi_backtrace.c:62
rcu_dump_cpu_stacks kernel/rcu/tree_stall.h:335
rcu_sched_clock_irq.cold kernel/rcu/tree.c:2590
update_process_times kernel/time/timer.c:1953    tick_sched_handle
kernel/time/tick-sched.c:227    tick_sched_timer kernel/time/tick-
sched.c:1399    __hrtimer_run_queues kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1652
hrtimer_interrupt kernel/time/hrtimer.c:1717
__sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1113
asm_call_irq_on_stack arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:808    </IRQ>
netlink_attachskb net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1234    netlink_unicast
net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1349    kauditd_send_queue kernel/audit.c:776
kauditd_thread kernel/audit.c:897    kthread kernel/kthread.c:328
ret_from_fork arch/x86/entry/entry_64.S:304    Restore the original
behavior of the check which commit in Fixes  accidentally missed when
restructuring the code.    Found by Linux Verification Center
(linuxtesting.org).

This plugin only works with Tenable.ot.
Please visit https://www.tenable.com/products/tenable-ot for more information.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-082556.html");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.cisa.gov/news-events/ics-advisories/ICSA-26-134-10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Refer to the vendor advisory.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2025-38727");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_cwe_id(835);

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2025/06/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2025/06/10");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2026/02/16");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"remote");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"former");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Tenable.ot");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2026 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("tenable_ot_api_integration.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Tenable.ot/Siemens");

  exit(0);
}


include('tenable_ot_cve_funcs.inc');

get_kb_item_or_exit('Tenable.ot/Siemens');

var asset = tenable_ot::assets::get(vendor:'Siemens');

var vuln_cpes = {
    "cpe:/o:siemens:simatic_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5" :
        {"versionStartIncluding" : "3.1.5", "family" : "S71500", "orderNumbers" : ['6ES7518-4FX00-1AB0', '6ES7518-4AX00-1AC0', '6ES7518-4FX00-1AC0', '6ES7518-4AX00-1AB0']},
    "cpe:/o:siemens:siplus_s7-1500_cpu_firmware:3.1.5" :
        {"versionStartIncluding" : "3.1.5", "family" : "S71500", "orderNumbers" : ['6AG1518-4AX00-4AC0']}
};

tenable_ot::cve::compare_and_report(asset:asset, cpes:vuln_cpes, severity:SECURITY_WARNING);