In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming commit f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment") removed the initialization of the UDP checksum, which was wrong and broke netpoll IPv6 transmission due to bad checksumming. udph->check needs to be set before calling csum_ipv6_magic().
History

Tue, 29 Jul 2025 12:30:00 +0000

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Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.0, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Sat, 26 Jul 2025 12:15:00 +0000

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Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Fri, 25 Jul 2025 14:45:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming commit f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment") removed the initialization of the UDP checksum, which was wrong and broke netpoll IPv6 transmission due to bad checksumming. udph->check needs to be set before calling csum_ipv6_magic().
Title net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published: 2025-07-25T14:24:13.766Z

Updated: 2025-07-28T04:22:04.875Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.015Z

Link: CVE-2025-38432

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-07-25T15:15:28.263

Modified: 2025-07-25T15:29:19.837

Link: CVE-2025-38432

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-07-25T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38432 - Bugzilla