CVE-2025-38461

Aliases:RHSA-2025:16373UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38461DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38461
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 67
Modified
Published: 25 Jul 2025, 15:27
Last modified:05 Aug 2026, 12:02

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
7 HIGH
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability +0.11%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

25 Jul 2025, 15:27
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2026, 12:02
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

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

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 4.7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.3CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 2%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • 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.

Affected Systems

  • debian•linux

    < 5.10.244-1 | < 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.41-1 | < 6.16.3-1

  • debian•linux-6.1

    < 6.1.153-1~deb11u1

  • ubuntu•linux

    < 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100

  • ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws

    < 5.15.0-1092.99 | < 6.8.0-1046.49

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14

    < 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-aws-fips

    all | < 5.15.0-1092.99+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure

    all | < 5.15.0-1096.105 | < 6.8.0-1046.52

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.14

    < 6.14.0-1017.17~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8

    < 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-edge

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde

    all | all | all | all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-fips

    all | < 5.15.0-1096.105+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-bluefield

    all | < 5.15.0-1076.78 | < 6.8.0-1016.20

  • ubuntu•linux-fips

    all | < 5.15.0-156.166+fips1 | < 6.8.0-100.100+fips1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp

    all | < 5.15.0-1092.101 | < 6.8.0-1047.50

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15

    < 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11

    all

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.14

    < 6.14.0-1020.21~24.04.1

  • ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.2

    all

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References (51)