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CVE-2025-38471HIGH
Linux Linux — tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock
  AV  AC  PR  UI  S  C  I  A   CVSS    EPSS   %ile   KEV
   L   L   L   N  U  H  H  H    7.8   .0040   33.1     —
AFFECTED
  Product  Versions                                    Fixed
  Linux    0d87bbd39d7fd1135ab9eca672d760470f6508e8 –  —
  Linux    6.1 –                                       6.1.147
TIMELINE
  Apr 16  Reserved by Linux
  Jul 28  Published (CNA: Linux)
  Jul 30  RESCORED — CVE-2025-38471 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 7.8 (NVD).
CWE-416 · CNA: Linux · CVSS v3.1 · 7 references · NVD status: Modified

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: always refresh the queue when reading sock After recent changes in net-next TCP compacts skbs much more aggressively. This unearthed a bug in TLS where we may try to operate on an old skb when checking if all skbs in the queue have matching decrypt state and geometry. BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tls_strp_check_rcv+0x898/0x9a0 [tls] (net/tls/tls_strp.c:436 net/tls/tls_strp.c:530 net/tls/tls_strp.c:544) Read of size 4 at addr ffff888013085750 by task tls/13529 CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 13529 Comm: tls Not tainted 6.16.0-rc5-virtme Call Trace: kasan_report+0xca/0x100 tls_strp_check_rcv+0x898/0x9a0 [tls] tls_rx_rec_wait+0x2c9/0x8d0 [tls] tls_sw_recvmsg+0x40f/0x1aa0 [tls] inet_recvmsg+0x1c3/0x1f0 Always reload the queue, fast path is to have the record in the queue when we wake, anyway (IOW the path going down "if !strp->stm.full_len").

Lifecycle

Complete event history — 3 events, chronological
DateEventDetail
April 16, 2025ReservedReserved by Linux
July 28, 2025PublishedPublished (CNA: Linux)
July 30, 2026RESCOREDRESCORED — CVE-2025-38471 (Linux). CVSS 9.8 → 7.8 (NVD).

Affected

Affected products and packages — 2 rows
VendorProduct / PackageEcosystemVersion introducedFixed
LinuxLinux0d87bbd39d7fd1135ab9eca672d760470f6508e8
LinuxLinux6.16.1.147

Weaknesses

CWE-416

References (7)

Related

Authoritative record: CVE-2025-38471 at cve.org

Vendors: linux

Weaknesses: CWE-416

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