{"cve":"CVE-2025-38006","nvd":{"published":"2025-06-18T10:15:31.773","modified":"2026-10-30T13:17:59.547","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nnet: mctp: Don't access ifa_index when missing\n\nIn mctp_dump_addrinfo, ifa_index can be used to filter interfaces, but\nonly when the struct ifaddrmsg is provided. Otherwise it will be\ncomparing to uninitialised memory - reproducible in the syzkaller case from\ndhcpd, or busybox \"ip addr show\".\n\nThe kernel MCTP implementation has always filtered by ifa_index, so\nexisting userspace programs expecting to dump MCTP addresses must\nalready be passing a valid ifa_index value (either 0 or a real index).\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mctp_dump_addrinfo+0x208/0xac0 net/mctp/device.c:128\n mctp_dump_addrinfo+0x208/0xac0 net/mctp/device.c:128\n rtnl_dump_all+0x3ec/0x5b0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4380\n rtnl_dumpit+0xd5/0x2f0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6824\n netlink_dump+0x97b/0x1690 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2309","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.1","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H","score":5.5},"cwes":["CWE-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/24fa213dffa470166ec014f979f36c6ff44afb45","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8ef7b3f0db69e2f4a80be351f6aee9a4c2332ef9","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/acab78ae12c7fefb4f3bfe22e00770a5faa42724","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d22efcd246a7688599eefcf8e5c7985a3854ef5d","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4d1561d17eb72908e4489c0900d96e0484fac20"],"products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-30T13:47:47.119061695+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38006","score":0.00196,"percentile":0.09375,"date":"2026-10-30"},"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."]}