CVE-2025-38544
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
16/08/2025
Last modified:
18/11/2025
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:<br />
<br />
rxrpc: Fix bug due to prealloc collision<br />
<br />
When userspace is using AF_RXRPC to provide a server, it has to preallocate<br />
incoming calls and assign to them call IDs that will be used to thread<br />
related recvmsg() and sendmsg() together. The preallocated call IDs will<br />
automatically be attached to calls as they come in until the pool is empty.<br />
<br />
To the kernel, the call IDs are just arbitrary numbers, but userspace can<br />
use the call ID to hold a pointer to prepared structs. In any case, the<br />
user isn&#39;t permitted to create two calls with the same call ID (call IDs<br />
become available again when the call ends) and EBADSLT should result from<br />
sendmsg() if an attempt is made to preallocate a call with an in-use call<br />
ID.<br />
<br />
However, the cleanup in the error handling will trigger both assertions in<br />
rxrpc_cleanup_call() because the call isn&#39;t marked complete and isn&#39;t<br />
marked as having been released.<br />
<br />
Fix this by setting the call state in rxrpc_service_prealloc_one() and then<br />
marking it as being released before calling the cleanup function.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
5.50
Severity 3.x
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 4.9 (including) | 6.6.99 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.7 (including) | 6.12.39 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 6.13 (including) | 6.15.7 (excluding) |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page



