{"id":"CVE-2025-21716","revision":"1a2c1bc962d149f2b7a029f6cff6596d","records":[{"revision":"1a2c1bc962d149f2b7a029f6cff6596d","observedAt":"2026-10-23T15:48:27.903+00:00","statement":{"source":"cve-program","id":"CVE-2025-21716","aliases":[],"title":"vxlan: Fix uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump()","description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nvxlan: Fix uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump()\n\nKMSAN reported an uninit-value access in vxlan_vnifilter_dump() [1].\n\nIf the length of the netlink message payload is less than\nsizeof(struct tunnel_msg), vxlan_vnifilter_dump() accesses bytes\nbeyond the message. This can lead to uninit-value access. Fix this by\nreturning an error in such situations.\n\n[1]\nBUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in vxlan_vnifilter_dump+0x328/0x920 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c:422\n vxlan_vnifilter_dump+0x328/0x920 drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c:422\n rtnl_dumpit+0xd5/0x2f0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6786\n netlink_dump+0x93e/0x15f0 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2317\n __netlink_dump_start+0x716/0xd60 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2432\n netlink_dump_start include/linux/netlink.h:340 [inline]\n rtnetlink_dump_start net/core/rtnetlink.c:6815 [inline]\n rtnetlink_rcv_msg+0x1256/0x14a0 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6882\n netlink_rcv_skb+0x467/0x660 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:2542\n rtnetlink_rcv+0x35/0x40 net/core/rtnetlink.c:6944\n netlink_unicast_kernel net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1321 [inline]\n netlink_unicast+0xed6/0x1290 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1347\n netlink_sendmsg+0x1092/0x1230 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1891\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:726\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x7f4/0xb50 net/socket.c:2583\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2637\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2669 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2672 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x211/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2672\n x64_sys_call+0x3878/0x3d90 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nUninit was created at:\n slab_post_alloc_hook mm/slub.c:4110 [inline]\n slab_alloc_node mm/slub.c:4153 [inline]\n kmem_cache_alloc_node_noprof+0x800/0xe80 mm/slub.c:4205\n kmalloc_reserve+0x13b/0x4b0 net/core/skbuff.c:587\n __alloc_skb+0x347/0x7d0 net/core/skbuff.c:678\n alloc_skb include/linux/skbuff.h:1323 [inline]\n netlink_alloc_large_skb+0xa5/0x280 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1196\n netlink_sendmsg+0xac9/0x1230 net/netlink/af_netlink.c:1866\n sock_sendmsg_nosec net/socket.c:711 [inline]\n __sock_sendmsg+0x330/0x3d0 net/socket.c:726\n ____sys_sendmsg+0x7f4/0xb50 net/socket.c:2583\n ___sys_sendmsg+0x271/0x3b0 net/socket.c:2637\n __sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2669 [inline]\n __do_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2674 [inline]\n __se_sys_sendmsg net/socket.c:2672 [inline]\n __x64_sys_sendmsg+0x211/0x3e0 net/socket.c:2672\n x64_sys_call+0x3878/0x3d90 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls_64.h:47\n do_syscall_x64 arch/x86/entry/common.c:52 [inline]\n do_syscall_64+0xd9/0x1d0 arch/x86/entry/common.c:83\n entry_SYSCALL_64_after_hwframe+0x77/0x7f\n\nCPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 30991 Comm: syz.4.10630 Not tainted 6.12.0-10694-gc44daa7e3c73 #29\nHardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.3-3.fc41 04/01/2014","state":0,"publishedAt":"2025-02-27T02:07:26.779+00:00","modifiedAt":"2026-10-15T01:03:39.705+00:00","affected":[{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"unaffected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f9c4bb0b245cee35ef66f75bf409c9573d934cf9\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"cb1de9309a48cc5b771115781eec05075fd67039\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f9c4bb0b245cee35ef66f75bf409c9573d934cf9\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"a84d511165d6ba7f331b90ae6b6ce180ec534daa\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f9c4bb0b245cee35ef66f75bf409c9573d934cf9\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"f554bce488605d2f70e06eeab5e4d2448c813713\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f9c4bb0b245cee35ef66f75bf409c9573d934cf9\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"1693d1fade71646a0731b6b213298cb443d186ea\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"f9c4bb0b245cee35ef66f75bf409c9573d934cf9\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5066293b9b7046a906eff60e3949a887ae185a43\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"git\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"},{"ecosystem":"Vendor product","name":"Linux","ranges":[],"versions":[],"rawVersionEvidence":"{\n                    \"product\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"vendor\": \"Linux\",\n                    \"defaultStatus\": \"affected\",\n                    \"repo\": \"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git\",\n                    \"programFiles\": [\n                        \"drivers/net/vxlan/vxlan_vnifilter.c\"\n                    ],\n                    \"versions\": [\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"5.18\",\n                            \"status\": \"affected\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"0\",\n                            \"lessThan\": \"5.18\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.1.129\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.1.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.6.76\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.6.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.12.13\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.12.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.13.2\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"6.13.*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"semver\"\n                        },\n                        {\n                            \"version\": \"6.14\",\n                            \"lessThanOrEqual\": \"*\",\n                            \"status\": \"unaffected\",\n                            \"versionType\": \"original_commit_for_fix\"\n                        }\n                    ]\n                }"}],"metrics":[],"references":["https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/cb1de9309a48cc5b771115781eec05075fd67039","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a84d511165d6ba7f331b90ae6b6ce180ec534daa","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f554bce488605d2f70e06eeab5e4d2448c813713","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1693d1fade71646a0731b6b213298cb443d186ea","https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5066293b9b7046a906eff60e3949a887ae185a43"],"sourceUrl":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21716","license":"CVE Program Terms of Use","key":"cve-program:CVE-2025-21716","identifiers":["CVE-2025-21716"]},"retained":false,"historicalAffected":[]}],"coverage":[]}