In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto()
syzbot found a potential access to uninit-value in nf_flow_pppoe_proto()
Blamed commit forgot the Ethernet header.
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27
nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27
nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline]
nf_hook_slow+0xe1/0x3d0 net/netfilter/core.c:623
nf_hook_ingress include/linux/netfilter_netdev.h:34 [inline]
nf_ingress net/core/dev.c:5742 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb_core+0x4aff/0x70c0 net/core/dev.c:5837
__netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5975 [inline]
__netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6090
netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6176 [inline]
netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6235
tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485
tun_get_user+0x4ee0/0x6b40 drivers/net/tun.c:1938
tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1984
new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline]
vfs_write+0xb4b/0x1580 fs/read_write.c:686
ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline]
__do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline]
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Description | In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() syzbot found a potential access to uninit-value in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() Blamed commit forgot the Ethernet header. BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27 nf_flow_offload_inet_hook+0x7e4/0x940 net/netfilter/nf_flow_table_inet.c:27 nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:157 [inline] nf_hook_slow+0xe1/0x3d0 net/netfilter/core.c:623 nf_hook_ingress include/linux/netfilter_netdev.h:34 [inline] nf_ingress net/core/dev.c:5742 [inline] __netif_receive_skb_core+0x4aff/0x70c0 net/core/dev.c:5837 __netif_receive_skb_one_core net/core/dev.c:5975 [inline] __netif_receive_skb+0xcc/0xac0 net/core/dev.c:6090 netif_receive_skb_internal net/core/dev.c:6176 [inline] netif_receive_skb+0x57/0x630 net/core/dev.c:6235 tun_rx_batched+0x1df/0x980 drivers/net/tun.c:1485 tun_get_user+0x4ee0/0x6b40 drivers/net/tun.c:1938 tun_chr_write_iter+0x3e9/0x5c0 drivers/net/tun.c:1984 new_sync_write fs/read_write.c:593 [inline] vfs_write+0xb4b/0x1580 fs/read_write.c:686 ksys_write fs/read_write.c:738 [inline] __do_sys_write fs/read_write.c:749 [inline] | |
Title | netfilter: flowtable: account for Ethernet header in nf_flow_pppoe_proto() | |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: Linux
Published: 2025-07-25T15:27:20.276Z
Updated: 2025-07-28T04:22:22.394Z
Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.016Z
Link: CVE-2025-38441

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Status : Awaiting Analysis
Published: 2025-07-25T16:15:29.497
Modified: 2025-07-29T14:14:55.157
Link: CVE-2025-38441
