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Unscored CVE-2025-38185 EUVD-2025-20071GHSA-wgxr-cxxg-w4cj

atm: atmtcp: Free invalid length skb in atmtcp_c_send().

Published Jul 4, 2025 · Updated May 11, 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-6.14 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-5.19 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.2 Package: linux-azure-fde-6.8 Package: linux-azure-fips Package: linux-azure-nvidia Package: linux-azure-nvidia-6.14 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:

atm: atmtcp: Free invalid length skb in atmtcp_c_send().

syzbot reported the splat below. [0]

vcc_sendmsg() copies data passed from userspace to skb and passes
it to vcc->dev->ops->send().

atmtcp_c_send() accesses skb->data as struct atmtcp_hdr after
checking if skb->len is 0, but it's not enough.

Also, when skb->len == 0, skb and sk (vcc) were leaked because
dev_kfree_skb() is not called and sk_wmem_alloc adjustment is missing
to revert atm_account_tx() in vcc_sendmsg(), which is expected
to be done in atm_pop_raw().

Let's properly free skb with an invalid length in atmtcp_c_send().

[0]:
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in atmtcp_c_send+0x255/0xed0 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:294
atmtcp_c_send+0x255/0xed0 drivers/atm/atmtcp.c:294
vcc_sendmsg+0xd7c/0xff0 net/atm/common.c:644
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727
____sys_sendmsg+0x7e0/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566
___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2652 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2657 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2655 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x211/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2655
x64_sys_call+0x32fb/0x3db0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

Uninit was created at:
slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4154 [inline]
slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4197 [inline]
kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x818/0xf00 mm/slub.c:4249
kmalloc_reserve+0x13c/0x4b0 net/core/skbuff.c:579
__alloc_skb+0x347/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:670
alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1336 [inline]
vcc_sendmsg+0xb40/0xff0 net/atm/common.c:628
sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:712 [inline]
__sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:727
____sys_sendmsg+0x7e0/0xd80 net/socket.c:2566
___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2620
__sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2652 [inline]
__do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2657 [inline]
__se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2655 [inline]
__x64_sys_sendmsg+0x211/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2655
x64_sys_call+0x32fb/0x3db0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47
do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:63 [inline]
do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x210 arch/x86/entry/syscall_64.c:94
entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f

CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5798 Comm: syz-executor192 Not tainted 6.16.0-rc1-syzkaller-00010-g2c4a1f3fe03e #0 PREEMPT(undef)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 05/07/2025

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Linux Linux 2.6.12 5.4.295

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 6.12.35-1 —
Debian 13 linux 6.12.35-1 —
Debian 12 linux 6.1.147-1 DSA-5973-1
Debian 11 linux 5.10.244-1 DLA-4327-1
Debian 11 linux-6.1 6.1.153-1~deb11u1 DLA-4328-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 24.04 LTS linux-bluefield 6.8.0-1016.20 —
Ubuntu Nvidia-BlueField 22.04 LTS linux-bluefield 5.15.0-1076.78 —
Ubuntu 25.10 linux-azure-fde No fix yet —
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 6.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure 6.8.0-1046.52 USN-8074-1
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-azure-6.14 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1 —
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-azure-nvidia-6.14 6.14.0-1007.7 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp 6.8.0-1047.50 USN-8031-3
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.14 6.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1 —
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 6.14.0-34.34~24.04.1 USN-7856-1
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 6.14.0-1014.14 —
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 6.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu 24.04 LTS linux-xilinx 6.8.0-1023.24 USN-8052-2
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux +1 5.15.0-156.166 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-aws 5.15.0-1092.99 —
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 5.15.0-1096.105 —
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 5.15.0-1096.105.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fde-6.8 6.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp 5.15.0-1092.101 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-6.8 6.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2 USN-8031-1
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gke 5.15.0-1089.95 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-gkeop 5.15.0-1075.83 —
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 +1 5.15.0-1086.89 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-ibm-6.8 6.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-8
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg 5.15.0-1087.93 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-kvm 5.15.0-1088.93 —
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-nvidia 5.15.0-1087.88 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra 5.15.0-1045.45 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-igx 5.15.0-1034.34 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle 5.15.0-1090.96 —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-oracle-6.8 6.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1 USN-8028-5
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-riscv +32 No fix yet —
Ubuntu 22.04 LTS linux-xilinx-zynqmp 5.15.0-1056.60 —
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ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
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 6.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-intel-iot-realtime 5.15.0-1085.87 —
Ubuntu Pro Realtime 22.04 LTS linux-realtime 5.15.0-1092.101 —
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-aws-fips 5.15.0-1092.99+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-azure-fips 5.15.0-1096.105+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-fips 5.15.0-156.166+fips1 —
Ubuntu Pro FIPS-updates 22.04 LTS linux-gcp-fips 5.15.0-1092.101+fips1 —
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 +10 No fix yet —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-aws-5.15 5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-azure-5.15 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-gcp-5.15 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-hwe-5.15 +1 5.15.0-156.166~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-ibm-5.15 5.15.0-1086.89~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-intel-iotg-5.15 5.15.0-1087.93~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-nvidia-tegra-5.15 5.15.0-1045.45~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-oracle-5.15 5.15.0-1090.96~20.04.1 —
Ubuntu Pro 20.04 LTS linux-riscv-5.15 5.15.0-1087.91~20.04.1 —
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 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-azure +1 6.4.0-150700.20.15.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03633-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1.150700.17.11.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLES 15 SP7 kernel-syms-azure 6.4.0-150700.20.15.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03633-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-64kb +6 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-coco +3 6.4.0-15061.32.coco15sp6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03602-1
SLES 15 SP6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1.150600.12.30.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SLES 12 SP5 kernel-syms +2 4.12.14-122.272.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03204-1
Show 10 more (older releases, extended support, other products)
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-64kb +7 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1
SLES for SAP 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-64kb +7 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1, SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1
SLES 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1
SLE Micro 6.2 kernel-rt +5 6.12.0-160000.6.1 SUSE-SU-2026:20560-1, SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-34.1.21.11 SUSE-SU-2025:20669-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20756-1
SLE Micro 6.1 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20669-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-34.1.21.11 SUSE-SU-2025:20653-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-rt +1 6.4.0-36.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20739-1
SLE Micro 6.0 kernel-source +2 6.4.0-34.1 SUSE-SU-2025:20653-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-default 6.4.0-150700.53.16.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7-RT_Update_4 1-150700.1.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03382-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP7 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP7_Update_4 1-150700.15.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03290-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-default 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6-RT_Update_15 1-150600.1.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1
SLE Live Patching 15 SP6 kernel-livepatch-SLE15-SP6_Update_15 1-150600.13.3.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kernel-default 4.12.14-122.272.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03204-1
SLE Live Patching 12 SP5 kgraft-patch-SLE12-SP5_Update_72 1-8.3.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03204-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP7 kernel-rt +2 6.4.0-150700.7.16.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03382-1
SUSE Real Time Module 15 SP6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-default-base 6.12.0-160000.6.1.160000.2.4 openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1
openSUSE Leap 16.0 kernel-rt +10 6.12.0-160000.6.1 openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 dtb-aarch64 +10 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-azure +2 6.4.0-150600.8.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03634-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-default-base 6.4.0-150600.23.70.1.150600.12.30.2 SUSE-SU-2025:03301-1
openSUSE Leap 15.6 kernel-rt +3 6.4.0-150600.10.52.1 SUSE-SU-2025:03272-1

Azure Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Azure Linux 3 kernel 6.6.96.1-1 —

Oracle Linux

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Oracle Linux 9 kernel-uek +34 6.12.0-103.40.4.1.el10uek ELSA-2025-20551
Oracle Linux 8 bpftool +18 5.15.0-312.187.5.el9uek ELSA-2025-20552
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek +6 5.4.17-2136.347.6.el8uek ELSA-2025-20553
Oracle Linux 7 kernel-uek-tools 5.4.17-2136.347.6.el7uek ELSA-2025-20553

Advisories 41

References