{"cve":"CVE-2025-38718","nvd":{"published":"2025-09-04T16:15:41.413","modified":"2026-10-19T21:10:00.160","status":"Modified","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv\n\nA cloned head skb still shares these frag skbs in fraglist with the\noriginal head skb. It's not safe to access these frag skbs.\n\nsyzbot reported two use-of-uninitialized-memory bugs caused by this:\n\n  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211\n   sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211\n   sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x1a7/0xc50 net/sctp/associola.c:998\n   sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88\n   sctp_backlog_rcv+0x397/0xdb0 net/sctp/input.c:331\n   sk_backlog_rcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1122\n   __release_sock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3106\n   release_sock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3660\n   sctp_wait_for_connect+0x487/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9360\n   sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x1ec1/0x1f00 net/sctp/socket.c:1885\n   sctp_sendmsg+0x32b9/0x4a80 net/sctp/socket.c:2031\n   inet_sendmsg+0x25a/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851\n   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]\n\nand\n\n  BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987\n   sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987\n   sctp_inq_push+0x2a3/0x350 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88\n   sctp_backlog_rcv+0x3c7/0xda0 net/sctp/input.c:331\n   sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148\n   __release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213\n   release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767\n   sctp_wait_for_connect+0x458/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9367\n   sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x223a/0x2260 net/sctp/socket.c:1886\n   sctp_sendmsg+0x3910/0x49f0 net/sctp/socket.c:2032\n   inet_sendmsg+0x269/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851\n   sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n\nThis patch fixes it by linearizing cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv().","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-908"],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/03d0cc6889e02420125510b5444b570f4bbf53d5","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1bd5214ea681584c5886fea3ba03e49f93a43c0e","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4506bcaabe004d07be8ff09116a3024fbd6aa965","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7d757f17bc2ef2727994ffa6d5d6e4bc4789a770","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd0e92bb2b7542fb96397ffac639b4f5b099d0cb"],"products":["debian:debian_linux","linux:linux_kernel"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-21T03:43:09.190223697+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2025-38718","score":0.00166,"percentile":0.05768,"date":"2026-10-25"},"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."]}