Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 25, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it
CVE-2025-38403
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.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.9
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95dmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbcemitre
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