CVE-2025-38037
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: Annotate FDB data races The 'used' and 'updated' fields in the FDB entry structure can be accessed concurrently by multiple threads, leading to reports such as [1].
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.20%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vxlan: Annotate FDB data races The 'used' and 'updated' fields in the FDB entry structure can be accessed concurrently by multiple threads, leading to reports such as [1]. Can be reproduced using [2]. Suppress these reports by annotating these accesses using READ_ONCE() / WRITE_ONCE(). [1] BUG: KCSAN: data-race in vxlan_xmit / vxlan_xmit write to 0xffff942604d263a8 of 8 bytes by task 286 on cpu 0: vxlan_xmit+0xb29/0x2380 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x84/0x2f0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x45a/0x1650 packet_xmit+0x100/0x150 packet_sendmsg+0x2114/0x2ac0 __sys_sendto+0x318/0x330 __x64_sys_sendto+0x76/0x90 x64_sys_call+0x14e8/0x1c00 do_syscall_64+0x9e/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f read to 0xffff942604d263a8 of 8 bytes by task 287 on cpu 2: vxlan_xmit+0xadf/0x2380 dev_hard_start_xmit+0x84/0x2f0 __dev_queue_xmit+0x45a/0x1650 packet_xmit+0x100/0x150 packet_sendmsg+0x2114/0x2ac0 __sys_sendto+0x318/0x330 __x64_sys_sendto+0x76/0x90 x64_sys_call+0x14e8/0x1c00 do_syscall_64+0x9e/0x1a0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f value changed: 0x00000000fffbac6e -> 0x00000000fffbac6f Reported by Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer on: CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 287 Comm: mausezahn Not tainted 6.13.0-rc7-01544-gb4b270f11a02 #5 Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41 04/01/2014 [2] #!/bin/bash set +H echo whitelist > /sys/kernel/debug/kcsan echo !vxlan_xmit > /sys/kernel/debug/kcsan ip link add name vx0 up type vxlan id 10010 dstport 4789 local 192.0.2.1 bridge fdb add 00:11:22:33:44:55 dev vx0 self static dst 198.51.100.1 taskset -c 0 mausezahn vx0 -a own -b 00:11:22:33:44:55 -c 0 -q & taskset -c 2 mausezahn vx0 -a own -b 00:11:22:33:44:55 -c 0 -q &
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.20% probability · 10th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- linux/linux kernel · debian/debian linux
- Source
- 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/02a33b1035a307453a1da6ce0a1bf3676be287d7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13cba3f837903f7184d6e9b6137d5165ffe82a8fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eceb7eae6ea7c950384c34e6dbbe872c981935fPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/784b78295a3a58bf052339dd669e6e03710220d3Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/87d076987a9ba106c83412fcd113656f71af05a1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6644aeb8ddf196dec5f8e782293c36f065df4d7Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e033da39fc6abbddab6c29624acef80757f273faPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6205f8215f12a96518ac9469ff76294ae7bd612Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.