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Unscored CVE-2025-37961 EUVD-2025-15904GHSA-9xjw-h43f-4f9m

ipvs: fix uninit-value for saddr in do_output_route4

Published May 20, 2025 · Updated Nov 5, 2026 · Assigned by Linux

Vendor: Linux Product: Linux Package: kernel Package: linux Package: linux Package: linux-allwinner-5.19 Package: linux-aws Package: linux-aws-5.0 Package: linux-aws-5.11 Package: linux-aws-5.13 Package: linux-aws-5.15 Package: linux-aws-5.19 Package: linux-aws-5.3 Package: linux-aws-5.4 Package: linux-aws-5.8 Package: linux-aws-6.14 Package: linux-aws-6.2 Package: linux-aws-6.5 Package: linux-aws-6.8 Package: linux-aws-fips Package: linux-aws-hwe Package: linux-azure Package: linux-azure-4.15 Package: linux-azure-5.11 Package: linux-azure-5.13 Package: linux-azure-5.15 Package: linux-azure-5.19 Package: linux-azure-5.3 Package: linux-azure-5.4 Package: linux-azure-5.8 Package: linux-azure-6.11 Package: linux-azure-6.2 Package: linux-azure-6.5 Package: linux-azure-6.8 Package: linux-azure-edge Package: linux-azure-fde Package: linux-azure-fde-5.15 Package: linux-azure-fde-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-bluefield Package: linux-fips Package: linux-gcp Package: linux-gcp-4.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.11 Package: linux-gcp-5.13 Package: linux-gcp-5.15 Package: linux-gcp-5.19 Package: linux-gcp-5.3 Package: linux-gcp-5.4 Package: linux-gcp-5.8 Package: linux-gcp-6.11 Package: linux-gcp-6.14 Package: linux-gcp-6.2 Package: linux-gcp-6.5 Package: linux-gcp-6.8 Package: linux-gcp-fips Package: linux-gke Package: linux-gke-4.15 Package: linux-gke-5.15 Package: linux-gke-5.4 Package: linux-gkeop Package: linux-gkeop-5.15 Package: linux-gkeop-5.4 Package: linux-hwe Package: linux-hwe-5.11 Package: linux-hwe-5.13 Package: linux-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-hwe-5.4 Package: linux-hwe-5.8 Package: linux-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-hwe-edge Package: linux-ibm Package: linux-ibm-5.15 Package: linux-ibm-5.4 Package: linux-ibm-6.8 Package: linux-intel Package: linux-intel-5.13 Package: linux-intel-iot-realtime Package: linux-intel-iotg Package: linux-intel-iotg-5.15 Package: linux-iot Package: linux-kvm Package: linux-lowlatency Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.15 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5 Package: linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 Package: linux-lts-xenial Package: linux-nvidia Package: linux-nvidia-6.11 Package: linux-nvidia-6.2 Package: linux-nvidia-6.5 Package: linux-nvidia-6.8 Package: linux-nvidia-lowlatency Package: linux-nvidia-tegra Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 Package: linux-nvidia-tegra-igx Package: linux-oem Package: linux-oem-5.10 Package: linux-oem-5.13 Package: linux-oem-5.14 Package: linux-oem-5.17 Package: linux-oem-5.6 Package: linux-oem-6.0 Package: linux-oem-6.1 Package: linux-oem-6.11 Package: linux-oem-6.14 Package: linux-oem-6.5 Package: linux-oem-6.8 Package: linux-oracle Package: linux-oracle-5.0 Package: linux-oracle-5.11 Package: linux-oracle-5.13 Package: linux-oracle-5.15 Package: linux-oracle-5.3 Package: linux-oracle-5.4 Package: linux-oracle-5.8 Package: linux-oracle-6.14 Package: linux-oracle-6.5 Package: linux-oracle-6.8 Package: linux-raspi Package: linux-raspi-5.4 Package: linux-raspi-realtime Package: linux-raspi2 Package: linux-realtime Package: linux-realtime-6.14 Package: linux-realtime-6.8 Package: linux-riscv Package: linux-riscv-5.11 Package: linux-riscv-5.15 Package: linux-riscv-5.19 Package: linux-riscv-5.8 Package: linux-riscv-6.14 Package: linux-riscv-6.5 Package: linux-riscv-6.8 Package: linux-starfive-5.19 Package: linux-starfive-6.2 Package: linux-starfive-6.5 Package: linux-vmware Package: linux-xilinx Package: linux-xilinx-zynqmp Platform: Linux Ecosystem: Azure Linux Ecosystem: Debian Ecosystem: Ubuntu

Description

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

ipvs: fix uninit-value for saddr in do_output_route4

syzbot reports for uninit-value for the saddr argument [1].
commit 4754957f04f5 ("ipvs: do not use random local source address for
tunnels") already implies that the input value of saddr
should be ignored but the code is still reading it which can prevent
to connect the route. Fix it by changing the argument to ret_saddr.

[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in do_output_route4+0x42c/0x4d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:147
do_output_route4+0x42c/0x4d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:147
__ip_vs_get_out_rt+0x403/0x21d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:330
ip_vs_tunnel_xmit+0x205/0x2380 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:1136
ip_vs_in_hook+0x1aa5/0x35b0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c:2063
nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline]
nf_hook_slow+0xf7/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626
nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline]
__ip_local_out+0x758/0x7e0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:118
ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:127 [inline]
ip_send_skb+0x6a/0x3c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1501
udp_send_skb+0xfda/0x1b70 net/ipv4/udp.c:1195
udp_sendmsg+0x2fe3/0x33c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1483
inet_sendmsg+0x1fc/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x267/0x380 net/socket.c:727
____sys_sendmsg+0x91b/0xda0 net/socket.c:2566
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2620
__sys_sendmmsg+0x41d/0x880 net/socket.c:2702
__compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:360 [inline]
__do_compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:367 [inline]
__se_compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:364 [inline]
__ia32_compat_sys_sendmmsg+0xc8/0x140 net/compat.c:364
ia32_sys_call+0x3ffa/0x41f0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:346
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xb0/0x110 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:306
do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:331
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:369
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4167 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4210 [inline]
__kmalloc_cache_noprof+0x8fa/0xe00 mm/slub.c:4367
kmalloc_noprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline]
ip_vs_dest_dst_alloc net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:61 [inline]
__ip_vs_get_out_rt+0x35d/0x21d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:323
ip_vs_tunnel_xmit+0x205/0x2380 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_xmit.c:1136
ip_vs_in_hook+0x1aa5/0x35b0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs_core.c:2063
nf_hook_entry_hookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline]
nf_hook_slow+0xf7/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626
nf_hook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline]
__ip_local_out+0x758/0x7e0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:118
ip_local_out net/ipv4/ip_output.c:127 [inline]
ip_send_skb+0x6a/0x3c0 net/ipv4/ip_output.c:1501
udp_send_skb+0xfda/0x1b70 net/ipv4/udp.c:1195
udp_sendmsg+0x2fe3/0x33c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1483
inet_sendmsg+0x1fc/0x280 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:851
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x267/0x380 net/socket.c:727
____sys_sendmsg+0x91b/0xda0 net/socket.c:2566
___sys_sendmsg+0x28d/0x3c0 net/socket.c:2620
__sys_sendmmsg+0x41d/0x880 net/socket.c:2702
__compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:360 [inline]
__do_compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:367 [inline]
__se_compat_sys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:364 [inline]
__ia32_compat_sys_sendmmsg+0xc8/0x140 net/compat.c:364
ia32_sys_call+0x3ffa/0x41f0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_32.h:346
do_syscall_32_irqs_on arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline]
__do_fast_syscall_32+0xb0/0x110 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:306
do_fast_syscall_32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:331
do_SYSENTER_32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:369
entry_SYSENTER_compat_after_hwframe+0x84/0x8e

CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 22408 Comm: syz.4.5165 Not tainted 6.15.0-rc3-syzkaller-00019-gbc3372351d0c #0 PREEMPT(undef)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engi
---truncated---

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 3.10.91 – < 3.11, 3.12.50 – < 3.13, 3.14.55 – < 3.15, 3.18.23 – < 3.19, 4.1.11 – < 4.2, 4.2 3.11

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 linux 6.12.29-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.29-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.140-1 DSA-5925-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.140-1~deb11u1 DLA-4271-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1016.20 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
Ubuntu 25.04 linux-azure 6.14.0-1010.10 USN-7721-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux 6.8.0-100.100 USN-8028-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws +1 6.8.0-1046.49 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-aws-6.14 +1 6.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1 USN-7699-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1046.52 USN-8074-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fde 6.8.0-1046.53 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-nvidia 6.8.0-1039.42 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1047.50 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.14 6.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1 USN-7699-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gke 6.8.0-1043.48 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gkeop 6.8.0-1030.33 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.14 6.14.0-28.28~24.04.1 USN-7699-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-ibm 6.8.0-1044.44 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-intel +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-lowlatency 6.8.0-100.100.1 USN-8052-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-lowlatency 6.8.0-1046.49.1 USN-8028-7
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 6.8.0-1020.20 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oem-6.14 6.14.0-1010.10 USN-7699-2
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-oracle 6.8.0-1043.44 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-raspi 6.8.0-1047.51 USN-8028-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-riscv-6.14 6.14.0-28.28.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1023.24 USN-8052-2
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +49 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws-6.8 +1 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-6.8 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1 USN-8126-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2 USN-8031-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-hwe-6.8 +1 6.8.0-100.100~22.04.1 USN-8028-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-lowlatency-hwe-6.8 6.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1 USN-8028-6
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 20.04 LTS linux-gke +28 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS linux-gcp +14 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS linux-hwe-edge No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-raspi-realtime 6.8.0-2037.38 USN-8028-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime 6.8.1-1041.42 USN-8028-3
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 24.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.14 6.14.0-1010.10~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime +1 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime-6.8 6.8.1-1041.42~22.04.1 USN-8028-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-aws-fips 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1 USN-8028-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1 USN-8074-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-fips 6.8.0-100.100+fips1 USN-8028-4
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 6.8.0-1047.50+fips1 USN-8031-2
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 20.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 18.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 16.04 LTS linux-fips No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-preview 22.04 LTS linux-fips +3 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux +21 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS linux +12 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS linux +7 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS linux +3 No fix yet —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150700.20.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02254-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1.150700.17.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +3 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.43.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.28.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-docs +1 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.266.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-31.1.21.9 SUSE-SU-2025:20475-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20483-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20475-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-31.1.21.9 SUSE-SU-2025:20493-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20498-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-31.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20493-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_2 1-150700.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_2 1-150700.15.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02307-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_13 1-150600.1.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_13 1-150600.13.6.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.266.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_70 1-8.5.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02334-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.8.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02333-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.44.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +2 6.4.0-150600.23.60.3 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-64kb +5 6.4.0-150600.23.60.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.43.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02249-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.60.5.150600.12.26.4 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-obs-qa 6.4.0-150600.23.60.2 SUSE-SU-2025:02538-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.44.1 SUSE-SU-2025:02335-1

Amazon Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Amazon Linux 2023 kernel-livepatch-6.12.29-33.102 +1 1.0-0.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1050, ALAS2023-2025-994
Amazon Linux 2023 perf +14 6.1.140-154.222.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-1050, ALAS2023-2025-994
Amazon Linux 2023 perf6.12 +5 6.12.29-33.102.amzn2023 ALAS2023-2025-994

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 2 (CBL-Mariner) kernel No fix yet —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-101.33.4.3.el10uek ELSA-2025-20530, ELSA-2025-20480

Advisories 38

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