CVE-2025-38608CWE-908

CVE-2025-38608

High · published August 19, 2025

CVSS v3.1
8.6
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data() in ktls

When sending plaintext data, we initially calculated the corresponding

ciphertext length. However, if we later reduced the plaintext data length

via socket policy, we failed to recalculate the ciphertext length.

This results in transmitting buffers containing uninitialized data during

ciphertext transmission.

This causes uninitialized bytes to be appended after a complete

"Application Data" packet, leading to errors on the receiving end when

parsing TLS record.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.6 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:L
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00415 · 34.7th percentile
Weakness
CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource
Published
2025-08-19T21:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.0, < 5.4.2975.4.297
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.5, < 5.10.2415.10.241
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.11, < 5.15.1905.15.190
linux/linux_kernel≥ 5.16, < 6.1.1486.1.148
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.2, < 6.6.1026.6.102
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.426.12.42
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.15.106.15.10
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.16, < 6.16.16.16.1
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (11)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 19 AUG 17:03Z
    bpf, ktls: Fix data corruption when using bpf_msg_pop_data() in ktls
    cvelistv5