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CVE-2025-38461

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Published: Jul 25, 2025Modified: Jul 30, 2026

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4.7
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Exploitability: 1.0 / Impact: 3.6
Source: NVD

Description

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

Affected (12)

Linux
1 product
Linux Kernel
Debian
1 product
Debian Linux
Configuration A
11 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linux
Linux Kernel
5.11 ≤ version < 5.15.189
Linux Kernel
5.16 ≤ version < 6.1.146
Linux Kernel
5.5 ≤ version < 5.10.240
Linux Kernel
6.13 ≤ version < 6.15.7
Linux Kernel
6.2 ≤ version < 6.6.99
Linux Kernel
6.7 ≤ version < 6.12.39
Linux Kernel
Version 6.16 rc1
Linux Kernel
Version 6.16 rc2
Linux Kernel
Version 6.16 rc3
Linux Kernel
Version 6.16 rc4
Linux Kernel
Version 6.16 rc5
Configuration B
1 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Debian Linux
Version 11.0

Related CWEs

CWE-367
Time-of-check Time-of-use (TOCTOU) Race Condition
The product checks the state of a resource before using that resource, but the resource's state can change between the check and the use in a way that invalidates the results of the check. This can cause the product to perform invalid actions when the resource is in an unexpected state.

References (9)

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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
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Third Party Advisory
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Third Party Advisory

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