CVE-2025-21716EPSS p10.0%
CVE-2025-21716CVE-2025-21716
linux / linux_kernel
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
vxlan: Fix uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump()
KMSAN reported an uninit-value access in vxlan_vnifilter_dump() [1].
If the length of the netlink message payload is less than
sizeof(struct tunnel_msg), vxlan_vnifilter_dump() accesses bytes
beyond the message. This can lead to uninit-value access. Fix this by
returning an error in such situations.
[1]
BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump+0x328/0x920 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c:422
vxlan_vnifilter_dump+0x328/0x920 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c:422
rtnl_dumpit+0xd5/0x2f0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6786
netlink_dump+0x93e/0x15f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2317
__netlink_dump_start+0x716/0xd60 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2432
netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:340 [inline]
rtnetlink_dump_start net/core/rtnetlink.c:6815 [inline]
rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1256/0x14a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6882
netlink_rcv_skb+0x467/0x660 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.5 () |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| EPSS | 0.21% probability of exploitation · percentile 10.0% · 2026-10-17T12:00:28Z |
| Last modified | 2026-10-15 |