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CVE-2025-38461

MEDIUM

4.7

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU Transport assignment may race with module unload. Protect new_transport from becoming a stale pointer. This also takes care of an insecure call in vsock_use_local_transport(); add a lockdep assert. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff8056000 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN RIP: 0010:vsock_assign_transport+0x366/0x600 Call Trace: vsock_connect+0x59c/0xc40 __sys_connect+0xe8/0x100 __x64_sys_connect+0x6e/0xc0 do_syscall_64+0x92/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 Score4.7

SeverityMEDIUM

CVSS VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack VectorLOCAL

ComplexityHIGH

Privileges RequiredLOW

User InteractionNONE

Published7/25/2025

Last Modified12/22/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

debian:debian_linuxlinux:linux_kernel

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-367

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/36a439049b34cca0b3661276049b84a1f76cc21a(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/687aa0c5581b8d4aa87fd92973e4ee576b550cdf(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7b73bddf54777fb62d4d8c7729d0affe6df04477(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8667e8d0eb46bc54fdae30ba2f4786407d3d88eb(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9ce53e744f18e73059d3124070e960f3aa9902bf(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9d24bb6780282b0255b9929abe5e8f98007e2c6e(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ae2c712ba39c7007de63cb0c75b51ce1caaf1da5(416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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