CVE-2025-38571
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: sunrpc: fix client side handling of tls alerts A security exploit was discovered in NFS over TLS in tls_alert_recv due to its assumption that there is valid data in the msghdr's iterator's kvec. Instead, this patch proposes the rework how control messages are setup and used by sock_recvmsg(). If no control message structure is setup, kTLS layer will read and process TLS data record types. As soon as it encounters a TLS control message, it would return an error. At that point, NFS can setup a kvec backed control buffer and read in the control message such as a TLS alert. Scott found that a msg iterator can advance the kvec pointer as a part of the copy process thus we need to revert the iterator before calling into the tls_alert_recv.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| dea034b963c8901bdcc3d3880c04f0d75c95112f | affected | git | a55b3d15331859d9fdd261cfa6d34ca2aeb0fb95 | Unavailable | None listed |
| dea034b963c8901bdcc3d3880c04f0d75c95112f | affected | git | c36b2fbd60e8f9c6f975522130998608880c93be | Unavailable | None listed |
| dea034b963c8901bdcc3d3880c04f0d75c95112f | affected | git | 3ee397eaaca4fa04db21bb98c8f1d0c6cc525368 | Unavailable | None listed |
| dea034b963c8901bdcc3d3880c04f0d75c95112f | affected | git | 3feada5baf4dc96e151ff2ca54630e1d274e5458 | Unavailable | None listed |
| dea034b963c8901bdcc3d3880c04f0d75c95112f | affected | git | cc5d59081fa26506d02de2127ab822f40d88bc5a | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6.5 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 6.5 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 6.6.102 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.42 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.15.10 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.15.* | None listed |
| 6.16.1 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.16.* | None listed |
| 6.17 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |