Release Date: | 2025-07-25 | |
Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock: Fix transport_* TOCTOU Transport assignment may race with module unload. Protect new_transport from becoming a stale pointer. This also takes care of an insecure call in vsock_use_local_transport(); add a lockdep assert. BUG: unable to handle page fault for address: fffffbfff8056000 Oops: Oops: 0000 [#1] SMP KASAN RIP: 0010:vsock_assign_transport+0x366/0x600 Call Trace: vsock_connect+0x59c/0xc40 __sys_connect+0xe8/0x100 __x64_sys_connect+0x6e/0xc0 do_syscall_64+0x92/0x1c0 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x4b/0x53
See more information about CVE-2025-38461 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 7.3 |
Vector String: | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:H |
Version: | 3.1 |
Attack Vector: | Local |
Attack Complexity: | Low |
Privileges Required: | Low |
User Interaction: | None |
Scope: | Unchanged |
Confidentiality Impact: | Low |
Integrity Impact: | High |
Availability Impact: | High |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel) | ELSA-2025-15005 | 2025-09-04 |
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel) | ELSA-2025-15011 | 2025-09-03 |
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