{"cve":"CVE-2025-38471","nvd":{"published":"2025-07-28T12:15:28.890","modified":"2026-07-30T06:23:18.903","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ntls: always refresh the queue when reading sock\n\nAfter recent changes in net-next TCP compacts skbs much more\naggressively. This unearthed a bug in TLS where we may try\nto operate on an old skb when checking if all skbs in the\nqueue have matching decrypt state and geometry.\n\n    BUG: KASAN: slab-use-after-free in tls_strp_check_rcv+0x898/0x9a0 [tls]\n    (net/tls/tls_strp.c:436 net/tls/tls_strp.c:530 net/tls/tls_strp.c:544)\n    Read of size 4 at addr ffff888013085750 by task tls/13529\n\n    CPU: 2 UID: 0 PID: 13529 Comm: tls Not tainted 6.16.0-rc5-virtme\n    Call Trace:\n     kasan_report+0xca/0x100\n     tls_strp_check_rcv+0x898/0x9a0 [tls]\n     tls_rx_rec_wait+0x2c9/0x8d0 [tls]\n     tls_sw_recvmsg+0x40f/0x1aa0 [tls]\n     inet_recvmsg+0x1c3/0x1f0\n\nAlways reload the queue, fast path is to have the record in the queue\nwhen we wake, anyway (IOW the path going down \"if !strp->stm.full_len\").","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:H/A:H","score":7.8},"cwes":["CWE-416"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1f3a429c21e0e43e8b8c55d30701e91411a4df02","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ab26bce3969f8fd925fe6f6f551e4d1a508c68b","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/730fed2ff5e259495712518e18d9f521f61972bb","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c76f6f437c46b2390888e0e1dc7aafafa9f4e0c6","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cdb767915fc9a15d88d19d52a1455f1dc3e5ddc8"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T22:05:46.678065081+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38471","score":0.00468,"percentile":0.40551,"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."]}