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National Vulnerability Database

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CVE-2025-38403 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/vmci: Clear the vmci transport packet properly when initializing it In vmci_transport_packet_init memset the vmci_transport_packet before populating the fields to avoid any uninitialised data being left in the structure.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a01021317375b8d1895152f544421ce49299eb1 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19c2cc01ff9a8031398a802676ffb0f4692dd95d kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1c1bcb0e78230f533b4103e8cf271d17c3f469f0 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/223e2288f4b8c262a864e2c03964ffac91744cd5 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2d44723a091bc853272e1a51a488a3d22b80be5e kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/75705b44e0b9aaa74f4c163d93d388bcba9e386a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/94d0c326cb3ee6b0f8bd00e209550b93fcc5c839 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9a673153d578fd439919a24e99851b2f87ecbce kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-38403
NVD Published Date:
07/25/2025
NVD Last Modified:
07/25/2025
Source:
kernel.org