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CVE-2025-38461

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

  • Published: Jul 25, 2025
  • Updated: Dec 23, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2025-38461
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4.7
  • AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
linux / linux_kernel 5.5 5.10.240
linux / linux_kernel 5.11 5.15.189
linux / linux_kernel 5.16 6.1.146
linux / linux_kernel 6.2 6.6.99
linux / linux_kernel 6.7 6.12.39
linux / linux_kernel 6.13 6.15.7
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc1 6.16-rc1.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc2 6.16-rc2.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc3 6.16-rc3.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc4 6.16-rc4.x
linux / linux_kernel 6.16-rc5 6.16-rc5.x
debian / debian_linux 11.0 11.0.x