GHSA-H35G-VVHP-7WW4
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-25 18:30 – Updated: 2025-12-23 00:30In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto()
syzbot found a potential access to uninit-value in nf_flow_pppoe_proto()
Blamed commit forgot the Ethernet header.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27 nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xe1/0x3d0 net/netfilter/core.c:623 nf_hook_ingress include/linux/netfilter_netdev.h:34 [inline] nf_ingress net/core/dev.c:5742 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x4aff/0x70c0 net/core/dev.c:5837 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5975 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6090 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6176 [inline] netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6235 tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485 tun_get_user+0x4ee0/0x6b40 drivers/net/tun.c:1938 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1984 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0xb4b/0x1580 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline] __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
{
"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2025-38441"
],
"database_specific": {
"cwe_ids": [
"CWE-908"
],
"github_reviewed": false,
"github_reviewed_at": null,
"nvd_published_at": "2025-07-25T16:15:29Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
},
"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnetfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto()\n\nsyzbot found a potential access to uninit-value in nf_flow_pppoe_proto()\n\nBlamed commit forgot the Ethernet header.\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27\n nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27\n nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline]\n nf_hook_slow+0xe1/0x3d0 net/netfilter/core.c:623\n nf_hook_ingress include/linux/netfilter_netdev.h:34 [inline]\n nf_ingress net/core/dev.c:5742 [inline]\n __netif_receive_skb_core+0x4aff/0x70c0 net/core/dev.c:5837\n __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5975 [inline]\n __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6090\n netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6176 [inline]\n netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6235\n tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485\n tun_get_user+0x4ee0/0x6b40 drivers/net/tun.c:1938\n tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1984\n new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]\n vfs_write+0xb4b/0x1580 fs/read_write.c:686\n ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline]\n __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]",
"id": "GHSA-h35g-vvhp-7ww4",
"modified": "2025-12-23T00:30:29Z",
"published": "2025-07-25T18:30:39Z",
"references": [
{
"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38441"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18cdb3d982da8976b28d57691eb256ec5688fad2"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fbc49429a23b02595ba82536c5ea425fdabb221"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a3aea97d55964e70a1e6426aa4cafdc036e8a2dd"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cfbf0665969af2c69d10c377d4c3d306e717efb4"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e0dd2e9729660f3f4fcb16e0aef87342911528ef"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eed8960b289327235185b7c32649c3470a3e969b"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"
}
],
"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
{
"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
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