GHSA-39Q5-4VQC-9P73

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-19 18:31 – Updated: 2025-11-03 18:31
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

pptp: ensure minimal skb length in pptp_xmit()

Commit aabc6596ffb3 ("net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data on ppp_sync_txmung") fixed ppp_sync_txmunge()

We need a similar fix in pptp_xmit(), otherwise we might read uninit data as reported by syzbot.

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193 pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193 ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2290 [inline] ppp_input+0x1d6/0xe60 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2314 pppoe_rcv_core+0x1e8/0x760 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379 sk_backlog_rcv+0x142/0x420 include/net/sock.h:1148 __release_sock+0x1d3/0x330 net/core/sock.c:3213 release_sock+0x6b/0x270 net/core/sock.c:3767 pppoe_sendmsg+0x15d/0xcb0 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:904 sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline] __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727 _syssendmsg+0x893/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566 _sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620 __sys_sendmmsg+0x2d9/0x7c0 net/socket.c:2709

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2025-38574"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2025-08-19T17:15:34Z",
    "severity": null
  },
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\npptp: ensure minimal skb length in pptp_xmit()\n\nCommit aabc6596ffb3 (\"net: ppp: Add bound checking for skb data\non ppp_sync_txmung\") fixed ppp_sync_txmunge()\n\nWe need a similar fix in pptp_xmit(), otherwise we might\nread uninit data as reported by syzbot.\n\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193\n  pptp_xmit+0xc34/0x2720 drivers/net/ppp/pptp.c:193\n  ppp_channel_bridge_input drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2290 [inline]\n  ppp_input+0x1d6/0xe60 drivers/net/ppp/ppp_generic.c:2314\n  pppoe_rcv_core+0x1e8/0x760 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:379\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  pppoe_sendmsg+0x15d/0xcb0 drivers/net/ppp/pppoe.c:904\n  sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]\n  __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727\n  ____sys_sendmsg+0x893/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566\n  ___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620\n  __sys_sendmmsg+0x2d9/0x7c0 net/socket.c:2709",
  "id": "GHSA-39q5-4vqc-9p73",
  "modified": "2025-11-03T18:31:33Z",
  "published": "2025-08-19T18:31:33Z",
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      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5de7513f38f3c19c0610294ee478242bea356f8c"
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    {
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  "severity": []
}


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