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Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation. ## Source facts (JSON-quoted data) CNA source text (English) id: "CVE-2025-38718" idYear: 2025 status: "PUBLISHED" publishedAt: "2025-09-04T15:33:12.448Z" updatedAt: "2026-08-05T12:04:15.979Z" importedAt: "2026-10-24T01:57:34.152Z" snapshot: {"id":"cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline","at":"2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z","source":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/releases/tag/cve_2026-10-24_0100Z"} url: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38718" json: "https://cveboard.org/cve/CVE-2025-38718.json" sourceURL: "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38718" title: "sctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv" summary: "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nsctp: linearize cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv\n\nA cloned head skb still shares these frag skbs in fraglist with the\noriginal head skb. It's not safe to access these frag skbs.\n\nsyzbot reported two use-of-uninitialized-memory bugs caused by this:\n\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211\n sctp_inq_pop+0x15b7/0x1920 net/sctp/inqueue.c:211\n sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x1a7/0xc50 net/sctp/associola.c:998\n sctp_inq_push+0x2ef/0x380 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88\n sctp_backlog_rcv+0x397/0xdb0 net/sctp/input.c:331\n sk_backlog_rcv+0x13b/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1122\n __release_sock+0x1da/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3106\n release_sock+0x6b/0x250 net/core/sock.c:3660\n sctp_wait_for_connect+0x487/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9360\n sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x1ec1/0x1f00 net/sctp/socket.c:1885\n sctp_sendmsg+0x32b9/0x4a80 net/sctp/socket.c:2031\n inet_sendmsg+0x25a/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:718 [inline]\n\nand\n\n BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987\n sctp_assoc_bh_rcv+0x34e/0xbc0 net/sctp/associola.c:987\n sctp_inq_push+0x2a3/0x350 net/sctp/inqueue.c:88\n sctp_backlog_rcv+0x3c7/0xda0 net/sctp/input.c:331\n sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148\n __release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213\n release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767\n sctp_wait_for_connect+0x458/0x820 net/sctp/socket.c:9367\n sctp_sendmsg_to_asoc+0x223a/0x2260 net/sctp/socket.c:1886\n sctp_sendmsg+0x3910/0x49f0 net/sctp/socket.c:2032\n inet_sendmsg+0x269/0x2a0 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n\nThis patch fixes it by linearizing cloned gso packets in sctp_rcv()." affected: [{"versions":[{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"d0194e391bb493aa6cec56d177b14df6b29188d5"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"03d0cc6889e02420125510b5444b570f4bbf53d5"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"cd0e92bb2b7542fb96397ffac639b4f5b099d0cb"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"4506bcaabe004d07be8ff09116a3024fbd6aa965"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"ea094f38d387d1b0ded5dee4a3e5720aa4ce0139"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"7d757f17bc2ef2727994ffa6d5d6e4bc4789a770"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fc66772607101bd2030a4332b3bd0ea3b3605250"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"1bd5214ea681584c5886fea3ba03e49f93a43c0e"},{"version":"90017accff61ae89283ad9a51f9ac46ca01633fb","status":"affected","versionType":"git","lessThan":"fd60d8a086191fe33c2d719732d2482052fa6805"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"unaffected"},{"versions":[{"version":"4.8","status":"affected"},{"version":"0","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThan":"4.8"},{"version":"5.4.297","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.4.*"},{"version":"5.10.241","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.10.*"},{"version":"5.15.190","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"5.15.*"},{"version":"6.1.162","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.1.*"},{"version":"6.6.103","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.6.*"},{"version":"6.12.43","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.12.*"},{"version":"6.15.11","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.15.*"},{"version":"6.16.2","status":"unaffected","versionType":"semver","lessThanOrEqual":"6.16.*"},{"version":"6.17","status":"unaffected","versionType":"original_commit_for_fix","lessThanOrEqual":"*"}],"vendor":"Linux","product":"Linux","defaultStatus":"affected"}] ## Source licences and attribution CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities: https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog (US government work) GitHub Advisory Database: https://github.com/advisories (CC BY 4.0) Have I Been Pwned: https://haveibeenpwned.com/ (CC BY 4.0) CVE Program (CVE records): https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse (CVE Terms of Use) Copyright © 1999-2026, The MITRE Corporation. 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