CVE-2025-38006

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

net: mctp: Don't access ifa_index when missing

In mctp_dump_addrinfo, ifa_index can be used to filter interfaces, but
only when the struct ifaddrmsg is provided. Otherwise it will be
comparing to uninitialised memory - reproducible in the syzkaller case from
dhcpd, or busybox "ip addr show".

The kernel MCTP implementation has always filtered by ifa_index, so
existing userspace programs expecting to dump MCTP addresses must
already be passing a valid ifa_index value (either 0 or a real index).

BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in mctp_dump_addrinfo+0x208/0xac0 net/mctp/device.c:128
 mctp_dump_addrinfo+0x208/0xac0 net/mctp/device.c:128
 rtnl_dump_all+0x3ec/0x5b0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:4380
 rtnl_dumpit+0xd5/0x2f0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6824
 netlink_dump+0x97b/0x1690 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2309
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
UNKNOWN
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LinuxCNA
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Awaiting analysis
This vulnerability is currently awaiting analysis.
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: Unknown
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linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
not-affected
bullseye (security)
5.10.237-1
fixed
bookworm
vulnerable
bookworm (security)
vulnerable
trixie (security)
6.12.31-1
fixed
sid
6.12.32-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.32-1
fixed