CVE-2025-38403
vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it
Vexday Risk Score
3Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS —EPSS 0.2%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
25 Jul 2025Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
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
Linux · LinuxReferences
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95dhttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5ehttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386ahttps://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbcehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.htmlhttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html