vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2025-38403: kernel: Kernel: Privilege escalation via uninitialized data in vmci transport packet (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C) | Jul 25, 2025 | Jul 31, 2025 | Feb 10, 2026 |
Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:N/A:C)
Published
Jul 25, 2025
Added
Jul 31, 2025
Modified
Feb 10, 2026
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.
Solutions
no-fix-redhat-rpm-packageredhat-upgrade-kernelredhat-upgrade-kernel-rt
References
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