CVE-2025-38403
vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it
- Published
- Last modified
- Where the record stands: published, rejected by its publisher, or superseded by another id.What do these mean? →
- published
- Whether CISA lists it in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog: proof that attackers are using it.What do these mean? →
- Not listed in CISA KEV
- Whether working attack code is public (Exploit-DB, Metasploit, Nuclei or GitHub). Public code makes attacks easier.What do these mean? →
- None on Exploit-DB, Metasploit or GitHub
CISA's decision points: whether it is exploited, whether attacks can be automated, and how much control an attacker gets. Assessed (SSVC 2.0.3).What do these mean? →
- Exploitation: none
- Automatable: no
- Technical impact: total
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before populating the fields to avoid any uninitialised data being left in the structure.
Timeline
- CVE published
- CISA SSVC assessment
Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
- Record last updated
Affected versions
- Linux Linux
Version range not reported
- Linux Linux
3.9
References 8
git.kernel.org
- stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95d
- stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0
- stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5e
- stable/c/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1
- stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839
- stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386a
- stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbce
- stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5