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CVE-2025-39812

MEDIUM · 5.5 CVSS v3.1 Published 2025-09-16
Fix available
A fix is available. Upgrade to 5.4.298 / 5.10.242 or later.
See remediation →
57/100
Remediation priority · Elevated
Zero-click Patch available

Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.

NVD · unedited
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sctp: initialize more fields in sctp_v6_from_sk() syzbot found that sin6_scope_id was not properly initialized, leading to undefined behavior. Clear sin6_scope_id and sin6_flowinfo. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in __sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649 __sctp_v6_cmp_addr+0x887/0x8c0 net/sctp/ipv6.c:649 sctp_inet6_cmp_addr+0x4f2/0x510 net/sctp/ipv6.c:983 sctp_bind_addr_conflict+0x22a/0x3b0 net/sctp/bind_addr.c:390 sctp_get_port_local+0x21eb/0x2440 net/sctp/socket.c:8452 sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8523 [inline] sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline] sctp_inet_listen+0x710/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636 __sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline] __sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline] __do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline] __se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline] __x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930 x64_sys_call+0x271d/0x3e20 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:51 do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline] do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94 entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f Local variable addr.i.i created at: sctp_get_port net/sctp/socket.c:8515 [inline] sctp_listen_start net/sctp/socket.c:8567 [inline] sctp_inet_listen+0x650/0xfd0 net/sctp/socket.c:8636 __sys_listen_socket net/socket.c:1912 [inline] __sys_listen net/socket.c:1927 [inline] __do_sys_listen net/socket.c:1932 [inline] __se_sys_listen net/socket.c:1930 [inline] __x64_sys_listen+0x343/0x4c0 net/socket.c:1930

Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.

dbcve analysis
How this class of weakness works · CWE-908

Memory or a resource is used before it has been initialised, so its contents are whatever happened to be there — sometimes leaking earlier data, sometimes values an attacker can influence. Behaviour becomes unpredictable and occasionally exploitable. Remediation is initialising every resource before use and ensuring initialisation happens on all code paths.

General guidance for the use of uninitialized resource class — the official description and references above are authoritative for this specific CVE. Want a bespoke review and a reviewed fix? Ask our team →

Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.

NVD · CPE data
Linux KernelOperating system
Affected:>= 2.6.12.1, < 5.4.298>= 5.5, < 5.10.242>= 5.11, < 5.15.191>= 5.16, < 6.1.150>= 6.2, < 6.6.104>= 6.7, < 6.12.45>= 6.13, < 6.16.5= 2.6.12= 6.17
Debian LinuxOperating system
Affected:= 11.0

CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.

From the vector
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.

dbcve · scoped
Upgrade available Upgrade to 5.4.298 / 5.10.242 / 5.15.191 or later
Fixed in 5.4.2985.10.2425.15.191
Vendor patch git.kernel.org →
Recommended fix High confidence

Linux Kernel >= 6.1.150 (or >= 5.15.191 for 5.15.x, >= 5.10.242 for 5.10.x, >= 5.4.298 for 5.4.x)

  1. 1. Identify the current running kernel version using `uname -r`
  2. 2. Determine the appropriate upgrade target based on your current kernel branch: for 5.4.x upgrade to >=5.4.298, for 5.5-5.9.x upgrade to >=5.10.242 (note: these older branches may be EOL), for 5.11-5.14.x upgrade to >=5.15.191, for 5.15.x upgrade to >=5.15.191, for 5.16-6.0.x upgrade to >=6.1.150, for 6.1.x upgrade to >=6.1.150
  3. 3. For Debian 11 (bullseye), apply the vendor security update: `apt update && apt install linux-image-<version>` or check for available updates via `apt-cache policy linux-image-*`
  4. 4. For upstream kernel, obtain the fixed version from your distribution or compile from source using commit 17d6c7747045e9b802c2f5dfaba260d309d831ae
  5. 5. Reboot the system to load the fixed kernel
Caveat Kernel upgrades may require system reboot and could have compatibility implications with custom modules or specific hardware drivers; older branches (5.5-5.9) are End of Life and may not receive official patches

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