CVE-2025-38571
19.08.2025, 17:15
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.Enginsight
| Vendor | Product | Version |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.5 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.6.102 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.7 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.12.42 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.13 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.15.10 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 ≤ 𝑥 < 6.16.1 |
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