In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
sunrpc: fix handling of server side tls alerts
Scott Mayhew discovered a security exploit in NFS over TLS in
tls_alert_recv() due to its assumption it can read data from
the msg iterator's kvec..
kTLS implementation splits TLS non-data record payload between
the control message buffer (which includes the type such as TLS
aler or TLS cipher change) and the rest of the payload (say TLS
alert's level/description) which goes into the msg payload buffer.
This patch proposes to 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 msg buffer and read in the control message such as a
TLS alert. 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.
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Configurations
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History
26 Nov 2025, 18:15
| Type | Values Removed | Values Added |
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| CWE | CWE-754 | |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 7.5 |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25bb3647d30a20486b5fe7cff2b0e503c16c9692 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3b549da875414989f480b66835d514be80a0bd9c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6b33c31cc788073bfbed9297e1f4486ed73d87da - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b1df394621710b312f0393e3f240fdac0764f968 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/bee47cb026e762841f3faece47b51f985e215edb - Patch |
20 Aug 2025, 14:40
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| Summary |
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19 Aug 2025, 17:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-08-19 17:15
Updated : 2025-11-26 18:15
NVD link : CVE-2025-38566
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38566
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38566
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-754
Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions
