vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes
If the socket has been de-assigned or assigned to another transport,
we must discard any packets received because they are not expected
and would cause issues when we access vsk->transport.
A possible scenario is described by Hyunwoo Kim in the attached link,
where after a first connect() interrupted by a signal, and a second
connect() failed, we can find `vsk->transport` at NULL, leading to a
NULL pointer dereference.
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Source | ID | Title | 
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  Debian DLA | 
                DLA-4075-1 | linux security update | 
  Debian DLA | 
                DLA-4076-1 | linux-6.1 security update | 
  EUVD | 
                EUVD-2025-2618 | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes If the socket has been de-assigned or assigned to another transport, we must discard any packets received because they are not expected and would cause issues when we access vsk->transport. A possible scenario is described by Hyunwoo Kim in the attached link, where after a first connect() interrupted by a signal, and a second connect() failed, we can find `vsk->transport` at NULL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7387-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7387-2 | Linux kernel (FIPS) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7387-3 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7388-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7389-1 | Linux kernel (NVIDIA Tegra) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7390-1 | Linux kernel (Xilinx ZynqMP) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7407-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7421-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7445-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7448-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7458-1 | Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7459-1 | Linux kernel (Intel IoTG) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7459-2 | Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7595-1 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7595-2 | Linux kernel (Real-time) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7595-3 | Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7595-4 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7595-5 | Linux kernel vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7596-1 | Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7596-2 | Linux kernel (Azure, N-Series) vulnerabilities | 
  Ubuntu USN | 
                USN-7653-1 | Linux kernel (HWE) vulnerabilities | 
Solution
No solution given by the vendor.
Workaround
No workaround given by the vendor.
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Tue, 10 Jun 2025 07:00:00 +0000
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| CPEs | cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:10.0 | 
Wed, 14 May 2025 03:00:00 +0000
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        Redhat
         Redhat enterprise Linux  | 
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| CPEs | cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:9 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:9  | 
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| Vendors & Products | 
        
        Redhat
         Redhat enterprise Linux  | 
Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:00:00 +0000
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        Linux
         Linux linux Kernel  | 
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| Weaknesses | CWE-476 | |
| CPEs | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.13:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*  | 
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        Linux
         Linux linux Kernel  | 
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Fri, 31 Jan 2025 11:30:00 +0000
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| Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes If the socket has been de-assigned or assigned to another transport, we must discard any packets received because they are not expected and would cause issues when we access vsk->transport. A possible scenario is described by Hyunwoo Kim in the attached link, where after a first connect() interrupted by a signal, and a second connect() failed, we can find `vsk->transport` at NULL, leading to a NULL pointer dereference. | |
| Title | vsock/virtio: discard packets if the transport changes | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published:
Updated: 2025-11-03T20:58:50.209Z
Reserved: 2024-12-29T08:45:45.735Z
Link: CVE-2025-21669
Updated: 2025-10-01T15:58:30.361Z
Status : Modified
Published: 2025-01-31T12:15:28.053
Modified: 2025-11-03T21:19:04.530
Link: CVE-2025-21669
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