Medium severity · published Sep 5, 2025
CVE-2025-39718
vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put()
5.5
CVSS
0.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put()
When receiving a vsock packet in the guest, only the virtqueue buffer
size is validated prior to virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(). Unfortunately,
virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put() uses the length from the packet header as the
length argument to skb_put(), potentially resulting in SKB overflow if
the host has gone wonky.
Validate the length as advertised by the packet header before calling
virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put().
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.2% · higher than 5% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
6.1.63 before 6.1.149; 6.3 before 6.6.103; 6.7 before 6.12.44; 6.13 before 6.16.4 · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
baddcc2c71572968cdaeee1c4ab3dc0ad90fa765 before 969b06bd8b7560efb100a34227619e7d318fbe05; 71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20 before ee438c492b2e0705d819ac0e25d04fae758d8f8f; 71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20 before faf332a10372390ce65d0b803888f4b25a388335; 71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20 before 676f03760ca1d69c2470cef36c44dc152494b47c; 71dc9ec9ac7d3eee785cdc986c3daeb821381e20 before 0dab92484474587b82e8e0455839eaf5ac7bf894; 6.1.63 before 6.1.149; +1 more · source: vendor
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
11.0 · source: NVD
SC
SIMATIC CN 4100 · Siemens
before V5.0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39718
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39718
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dab92484474587b82e8e0455839eaf5ac7bf894
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676f03760ca1d69c2470cef36c44dc152494b47c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/969b06bd8b7560efb100a34227619e7d318fbe05
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee438c492b2e0705d819ac0e25d04fae758d8f8f
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf332a10372390ce65d0b803888f4b25a388335
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
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