CVE-2025-38310 Information

Jul 12, 2025 cve

Description

In the Linux kernel the following vulnerability has been resolved:

seg6: Fix validation of nexthop addresses

The kernel currently validates that the length of the provided nexthop address does not exceed the specified length. This can lead to the kernel reading uninitialized memory if user space provided a shorter length than the specified one.

Fix by validating that the provided length exactly matches the specified one.

Reference

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/668923c474608dd9ebce0fbcc41bd8a27aa73dd6 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7632fedb266d93ed0ed9f487133e6c6314a9b2d1 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cd4cd09810211fa23609c5c1018352e9e1cd8e5a https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cef33a86bcb04ecf4dc10c56f6c42ee9d1c54bac https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d2507aeea45b3c5aa24d5daae0cf3db76895c0b7 https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5d9fd13bc19a3f9f2a951c5b6e934d84205789e

CNNVD-202507-1439 (Published: 2025-07-10)

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