# CVE-2025-38441: netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf\_flow\_pppoe\_proto()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 5.15.189, 6.1.146, 6.6.99, 6.9
- Published: 2025-07-25 · Updated: 2026-05-23

## Affected

- Linux: from 5.15.157, fixed in 5.15.189; from 6.1.88, fixed in 6.1.146; from 6.6.29, fixed in 6.6.99; from 6.8.8, fixed in 6.9
- Linux: 6.9

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() syzbot found a potential access to uninit-value in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() Blamed commit forgot the Ethernet header. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27 nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xe1/0x3d0 net/netfilter/core.c:623 nf_hook_ingress include/linux/netfilter_netdev.h:34 [inline] nf_ingress net/core/dev.c:5742 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x4aff/0x70c0 net/core/dev.c:5837 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5975 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6090 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6176 [inline] netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6235 tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485 tun_get_user+0x4ee0/0x6b40 drivers/net/tun.c:1938 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1984 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0xb4b/0x1580 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline] __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on Linux kernel, upgrade to a fixed version (5.15.189, 6.1.146, 6.6.99, 6.9) per the references below.
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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/a3aea97d55964e70a1e6426aa4cafdc036e8a2dd
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eed8960b289327235185b7c32649c3470a3e969b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fbc49429a23b02595ba82536c5ea425fdabb221
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0dd2e9729660f3f4fcb16e0aef87342911528ef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfbf0665969af2c69d10c377d4c3d306e717efb4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18cdb3d982da8976b28d57691eb256ec5688fad2

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