CVE-2025-39718

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put() When receiving a vsock packet in the guest, only the virtqueue buffer size is validated prior to virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(). Unfortunately, virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put() uses the length from the packet header as the length argument to skb_put(), potentially resulting in SKB overflow if the host has gone wonky. Validate the length as advertised by the packet header before calling virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put().

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.4
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedSep 5, 2025
First seenSep 5, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.1.149, 6.6.103, 6.12.44, 6.16.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel6.1.63 ≤ v < 6.1.149, 6.3 ≤ v < 6.6.103, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.44, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.16.46.1.149, 6.6.103, 6.12.44, 6.16.4
debian debian_linux11.0—

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