CVE-2025-38403
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before populating the fields to avoid any…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.18%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before populating the fields to avoid any uninitialised data being left in the structure.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.18% probability · 8th 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/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95dPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5ePatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386aPatch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbcePatch
- 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.