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CVE-2025-38403

Vendordebian, linuxProductdebian linux, linux kernelDiscoveredJul 25, 2025UpdatedDec 23, 2025

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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CVSS v3.1
7.8 HIGH
EPSS
0.22%
probability of exploitation in 30 days
CISA KEV
Not listed
no confirmed exploitation reported
News coverage
31
sources referencing this CVE
Related IOCs
0
seen in the same coverage
EPSS Trend
Aug 16, 2026 → Oct 27, 2026
▲ 0.03pp
0.18% → 0.22% over 5 tracked changes
CVSS v3.1 Detail
Attack VectorLOCAL
Attack ComplexityLOW
Privileges RequiredLOW
User InteractionNONE
ScopeUNCHANGED
ConfidentialityHIGH
IntegrityHIGH
AvailabilityHIGH
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Connections
33 relationships
Timeline
disclosure → media coverage
Jul 25, 2025
Disclosure — published as a CVE record. · last revised by NVD Dec 23, 2025
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-2: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-3: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7775-1: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Sep 25, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7776-1: Linux kernel (Oracle) vulnerabilities
Sep 26, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7775-2: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Oct 1, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7775-3: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Oct 1, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-4: Linux kernel (KVM) vulnerabilities
Oct 6, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7774-5: Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra IGX) vulnerabilities
Oct 21, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7833-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Oct 22, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7834-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Oct 22, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7833-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Oct 24, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7833-3: Linux kernel (AWS) vulnerabilities
Oct 31, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7833-4: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Nov 4, 2025
ubuntu.com reports: USN-7856-1: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Feb 11, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-1: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 12, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-2: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Feb 12, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-1: Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-3: Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-4: Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities
Feb 17, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-5: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 18, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-2: Linux kernel (GCP FIPS) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-6: Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8031-3: Linux kernel vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8052-1: Linux kernel (Low Latency) vulnerabilities
Feb 19, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-7: Linux kernel (Low Latency NVIDIA) vulnerabilities
Feb 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8028-8: Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities
Feb 24, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8052-2: Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8074-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities
Mar 4, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8074-2: Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities
Mar 25, 2026
ubuntu.com reports: USN-8126-1: Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities