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Linux Linux — virtio-net: xsk: rx: fix the frame's length check
AV AC PR UI S C I A CVSS EPSS %ile KEV
L L L N U N N H 5.5 .0016 6.2 —
AFFECTED
Product Versions Fixed
Linux a4e7ba7027012f009f22a68bcfde670f9298d3a4 – —
Linux 6.11 – 6.12.37
TIMELINE
Apr 16 Reserved by Linux
Jul 25 Published (CNA: Linux)
Jul 30 RESCORED — CVE-2025-38413 (Linux). CVSS 7.7 → 5.5 (NVD).
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
virtio-net: xsk: rx: fix the frame's length check
When calling buf_to_xdp, the len argument is the frame data's length
without virtio header's length (vi->hdr_len). We check that len with
xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size() + vi->hdr_len
to ensure the provided len does not larger than the allocated chunk
size. The additional vi->hdr_len is because in virtnet_add_recvbuf_xsk,
we use part of XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM for virtio header and ask the vhost
to start placing data from
hard_start + XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM - vi->hdr_len
not
hard_start + XDP_PACKET_HEADROOM
But the first buffer has virtio_header, so the maximum frame's length in
the first buffer can only be
xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size()
not
xsk_pool_get_rx_frame_size() + vi->hdr_len
like in the current check.
This commit adds an additional argument to buf_to_xdp differentiate
between the first buffer and other ones to correctly calculate the maximum
frame's length.
Lifecycle
Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
| Date | Event | Detail |
| April 16, 2025 | Reserved | Reserved by Linux |
| July 25, 2025 | Published | Published (CNA: Linux) |
| July 30, 2026 | RESCORED | RESCORED — CVE-2025-38413 (Linux). CVSS 7.7 → 5.5 (NVD). |
Affected
Affected products and packages — 2 rows
| Vendor | Product / Package | Ecosystem | Version introduced | Fixed |
| Linux | Linux | — | a4e7ba7027012f009f22a68bcfde670f9298d3a4 | — |
| Linux | Linux | — | 6.11 | 6.12.37 |
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