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CVE-2025-38461MEDIUM
Linux Linux — vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   H   L   N  U  N  N  H    4.7   .0012    2.3     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    c0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a –  —
  Linux    5.5 –                                       5.10.240
TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by Linux
  Jul 25  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-38461 (Linux). CVSS 7 → 4.7 (NVD).
CWE-367 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 9 references · NVD status: Modified

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

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 16, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
July 25, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-38461 (Linux). CVSS 7 → 4.7 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinuxc0cfa2d8a788fcf45df5bf4070ab2474c88d543a
LinuxLinux5.55.10.240

Weaknesses

CWE-367

References (9)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38461 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-367

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