{"cve":"CVE-2025-37749","nvd":{"published":"2025-05-01T13:15:53.633","modified":"2026-07-30T06:22:18.620","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung\n\nEnsure we have enough data in linear buffer from skb before accessing\ninitial bytes. This prevents potential out-of-bounds accesses\nwhen processing short packets.\n\nWhen ppp_sync_txmung receives an incoming package with an empty\npayload:\n(remote) gef➤  p *(struct pppoe_hdr *) (skb->head + skb->network_header)\n$18 = {\n\ttype = 0x1,\n\tver = 0x1,\n\tcode = 0x0,\n\tsid = 0x2,\n        length = 0x0,\n\ttag = 0xffff8880371cdb96\n}\n\nfrom the skb struct (trimmed)\n      tail = 0x16,\n      end = 0x140,\n      head = 0xffff88803346f400 \"4\",\n      data = 0xffff88803346f416 \":\\377\",\n      truesize = 0x380,\n      len = 0x0,\n      data_len = 0x0,\n      mac_len = 0xe,\n      hdr_len = 0x0,\n\nit is not safe to access data[2].\n\n[pabeni@redhat.com: fixed subj typo]","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H","score":7.1},"cwes":["CWE-125"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f6eb9fa87a781d5370c0de7794ae242f1a95ee5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/529401c8f12ecc35f9ea5d946d5a5596cf172b48","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e8a6bf43cea4347121ab21bb1ed8d7bef7e732e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/99aa698dec342a07125d733e39aab4394b3b7e05","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aabc6596ffb377c4c9c8f335124b92ea282c9821"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:01:11.054312287+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-37749","score":0.00398,"percentile":0.34052,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}