CVE-2025-38718CWE-908

CVE-2025-38718

High · published September 4, 2025

CVSS v3.1
7.8
EPSS
0%
Percentile
5.5
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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

sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv

A cloned head skb still shares these frag skbs in fraglist with the

original head skb. It's not safe to access these frag skbs.

syzbot reported two use-of-uninitialized-memory bugs caused by this:

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211

sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211

sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x1a7/0xc50 net/sctp/associola.c:998

sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88

sctp_backlog_rcv+0x397/0xdb0 net/sctp/input.c:331

sk_backlog_rcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1122

__release_sock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3106

release_sock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3660

sctp_wait_for_connect+0x487/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9360

sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x1ec1/0x1f00 net/sctp/socket.c:1885

sctp_sendmsg+0x32b9/0x4a80 net/sctp/socket.c:2031

inet_sendmsg+0x25a/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]

and

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987

sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987

sctp_inq_push+0x2a3/0x350 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88

sctp_backlog_rcv+0x3c7/0xda0 net/sctp/input.c:331

sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148

__release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213

release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767

sctp_wait_for_connect+0x458/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9367

sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x223a/0x2260 net/sctp/socket.c:1886

sctp_sendmsg+0x3910/0x49f0 net/sctp/socket.c:2032

inet_sendmsg+0x269/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851

sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]

This patch fixes it by linearizing cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv().

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
7.8 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00166 · 5.5th percentile
Weakness
CWE-908 · Use of Uninitialized Resource
Published
2025-09-04T20:15Z
Affected products (9)
ProductVersionsFixed in
linux/linux_kernel≥ 4.8, < 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, < 6.6.1036.6.103
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.7, < 6.12.436.12.43
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.13, < 6.15.116.15.11
linux/linux_kernel≥ 6.16, < 6.16.26.16.2
linux/linux_kernelall versions—
debian/debian_linuxall versions—
References (10)
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 04 SEP 15:33Z
    sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv
    cvelistv5