# CVE-2025-38403: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-06-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 3.9

## Description

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.

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## Related

- Browse: [Linux kernel](https://cve.now/tech/linux-kernel.md) · [Latest entries](https://cve.now/latest.md)

## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbce
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5

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