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CVE-2025-38403vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.22%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 88% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 3 months later
· 3 months later
Published
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.22% · top 88% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95d
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5e
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386a
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbce
- affected d021c344051af91f42c5ba9fdedc176740cbd238 – < 223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5
- affected 3.9
- unaffected < 3.9
- unaffected 5.4.296 – ≤ 5.4.*
- unaffected 5.10.240 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.187 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.144 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.97 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.37 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.6 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16 – ≤ *
References
References10
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95d (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5e (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386a (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbce (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-22599 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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