DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37961

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ipvs: fix uninit-value for saddr in dooutputroute4 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 retsaddr. [1] BUG: KMSAN: uninit-value in dooutputroute4+0x42c/0x4d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvsxmit.c:147 dooutputroute4+0x42c/0x4d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvs_xmit.c:147 __ipvsgetoutrt+0x403/0x21d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvsxmit.c:330 ipvstunnelxmit+0x205/0x2380 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvsxmit.c:1136 ipvsinhook+0x1aa5/0x35b0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvscore.c:2063 nfhookentryhookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nfhookslow+0xf7/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nfhook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline] __iplocalout+0x758/0x7e0 net/ipv4/ipoutput.c:118 iplocalout net/ipv4/ipoutput.c:127 [inline] ipsendskb+0x6a/0x3c0 net/ipv4/ipoutput.c:1501 udpsendskb+0xfda/0x1b70 net/ipv4/udp.c:1195 udpsendmsg+0x2fe3/0x33c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1483 inetsendmsg+0x1fc/0x280 net/ipv4/afinet.c:851 socksendmsgnosec 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 __compatsyssendmmsg net/compat.c:360 [inline] __docompatsys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:367 [inline] __secompatsys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:364 [inline] __ia32compatsyssendmmsg+0xc8/0x140 net/compat.c:364 ia32syscall+0x3ffa/0x41f0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls32.h:346 dosyscall32irqson arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] __dofastsyscall32+0xb0/0x110 arch/x86/entry/syscall32.c:306 dofastsyscall32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall32.c:331 doSYSENTER32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall32.c:369 entrySYSENTERcompatafterhwframe+0x84/0x8e Uninit was created at: slabpostallochook mm/slub.c:4167 [inline] slaballocnode mm/slub.c:4210 [inline] __kmalloccachenoprof+0x8fa/0xe00 mm/slub.c:4367 kmallocnoprof include/linux/slab.h:905 [inline] ipvsdestdstalloc net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvs_xmit.c:61 [inline] __ipvsgetoutrt+0x35d/0x21d0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvsxmit.c:323 ipvstunnelxmit+0x205/0x2380 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvsxmit.c:1136 ipvsinhook+0x1aa5/0x35b0 net/netfilter/ipvs/ipvscore.c:2063 nfhookentryhookfn include/linux/netfilter.h:154 [inline] nfhookslow+0xf7/0x400 net/netfilter/core.c:626 nfhook include/linux/netfilter.h:269 [inline] __iplocalout+0x758/0x7e0 net/ipv4/ipoutput.c:118 iplocalout net/ipv4/ipoutput.c:127 [inline] ipsendskb+0x6a/0x3c0 net/ipv4/ipoutput.c:1501 udpsendskb+0xfda/0x1b70 net/ipv4/udp.c:1195 udpsendmsg+0x2fe3/0x33c0 net/ipv4/udp.c:1483 inetsendmsg+0x1fc/0x280 net/ipv4/afinet.c:851 socksendmsgnosec 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 __compatsyssendmmsg net/compat.c:360 [inline] __docompatsys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:367 [inline] __secompatsys_sendmmsg net/compat.c:364 [inline] __ia32compatsyssendmmsg+0xc8/0x140 net/compat.c:364 ia32syscall+0x3ffa/0x41f0 arch/x86/include/generated/asm/syscalls32.h:346 dosyscall32irqson arch/x86/entry/syscall_32.c:83 [inline] _dofastsyscall32+0xb0/0x110 arch/x86/entry/syscall32.c:306 dofastsyscall32+0x38/0x80 arch/x86/entry/syscall32.c:331 doSYSENTER32+0x1f/0x30 arch/x86/entry/syscall32.c:369 entrySYSENTERcompatafterhwframe+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---

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-37961

Affected packages

Debian:11 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

5.*

5.10.46-4

5.10.46-5

5.10.70-1~bpo10+1

5.10.70-1

5.10.84-1

5.10.92-1~bpo10+1

5.10.92-1

5.10.92-2

5.10.103-1~bpo10+1

5.10.103-1

5.10.106-1

5.10.113-1

5.10.120-1~bpo10+1

5.10.120-1

5.10.127-1

5.10.127-2~bpo10+1

5.10.127-2

5.10.136-1

5.10.140-1

5.10.148-1

5.10.149-1

5.10.149-2

5.10.158-1

5.10.158-2

5.10.162-1

5.10.178-1

5.10.178-2

5.10.178-3

5.10.179-1

5.10.179-2

5.10.179-3

5.10.179-4

5.10.179-5

5.10.191-1

5.10.197-1

5.10.205-1

5.10.205-2

5.10.209-1

5.10.209-2

5.10.216-1

5.10.218-1

5.10.221-1

5.10.223-1

5.10.226-1

5.10.234-1

5.10.237-1

5.10.244-1

5.10.247-1

5.10.249-1

5.13.9-1~exp1

5.13.9-1~exp2

5.13.12-1~exp1

5.14-1~exp1

5.14-1~exp2

5.14.1-1~exp1

5.14.2-1~exp1

5.14.3-1~exp1

5.14.6-1

5.14.6-2

5.14.6-3

5.14.9-1

5.14.9-2~bpo11+1

5.14.9-2

5.14.12-1

5.14.16-1

5.15-1~exp1

5.15.1-1~exp1

5.15.2-1~exp1

5.15.3-1

5.15.5-1

5.15.5-2~bpo11+1

5.15.5-2

5.15.15-1

5.15.15-2~bpo11+1

5.15.15-2

5.16~rc1-1~exp1

5.16~rc3-1~exp1

5.16~rc4-1~exp1

5.16~rc5-1~exp1

5.16~rc6-1~exp1

5.16~rc7-1~exp1

5.16~rc8-1~exp1

5.16.3-1~exp1

5.16.4-1~exp1

5.16.7-1

5.16.7-2

5.16.10-1

5.16.11-1~bpo11+1

5.16.11-1

5.16.12-1~bpo11+1

5.16.12-1

5.16.14-1

5.16.18-1

5.17~rc3-1~exp1

5.17~rc4-1~exp1

5.17~rc5-1~exp1

5.17~rc6-1~exp1

5.17~rc7-1~exp1

5.17~rc8-1~exp1

5.17.1-1~exp1

5.17.3-1

5.17.6-1

5.17.11-1

5.18-1~exp1

5.18.2-1~bpo11+1

5.18.2-1

5.18.5-1

5.18.14-1~bpo11+1

5.18.14-1

5.18.16-1~bpo11+1

5.18.16-1

5.19~rc4-1~exp1

5.19~rc6-1~exp1

5.19-1~exp1

5.19.6-1

5.19.11-1~bpo11+1

5.19.11-1

6.*

6.0~rc7-1~exp1

6.0-1~exp1

6.0.2-1

6.0.3-1~bpo11+1

6.0.3-1

6.0.5-1

6.0.6-1

6.0.6-2

6.0.7-1

6.0.8-1

6.0.10-1

6.0.10-2

6.0.12-1~bpo11+1

6.0.12-1

6.0.12-1+alpha

6.1~rc3-1~exp1

6.1~rc5-1~exp1

6.1~rc6-1~exp1

6.1~rc7-1~exp1

6.1~rc8-1~exp1

6.1.1-1~exp1

6.1.1-1~exp2

6.1.2-1~exp1

6.1.4-1

6.1.7-1

6.1.8-1

6.1.8-1+sh4

6.1.11-1

6.1.12-1~bpo11+1

6.1.12-1

6.1.15-1~bpo11+1

6.1.15-1

6.1.20-1~bpo11+1

6.1.20-1

6.1.20-2~bpo11+1

6.1.20-2

6.1.25-1

6.1.27-1~bpo11+1

6.1.27-1

6.1.37-1

6.1.38-1

6.1.38-2~bpo11+1

6.1.38-2

6.1.38-3

6.1.38-4~bpo11+1

6.1.38-4

6.1.52-1

6.1.55-1~bpo11+1

6.1.55-1

6.1.64-1

6.1.66-1

6.1.67-1

6.1.69-1~bpo11+1

6.1.69-1

6.1.76-1~bpo11+1

6.1.76-1

6.1.82-1

6.1.85-1

6.1.90-1~bpo11+1

6.1.90-1

6.1.94-1~bpo11+1

6.1.94-1

6.1.98-1

6.1.99-1

6.1.106-1

6.1.106-2

6.1.106-3

6.1.112-1

6.1.115-1

6.1.119-1

6.1.123-1

6.1.124-1

6.1.128-1

6.1.129-1

6.1.133-1

6.1.135-1

6.1.137-1

6.1.139-1

6.1.140-1

6.1.147-1

6.1.148-1

6.1.153-1

6.1.158-1

6.1.159-1

6.1.162-1

6.3.1-1~exp1

6.3.2-1~exp1

6.3.4-1~exp1

6.3.5-1~exp1

6.3.7-1~bpo12+1

6.3.7-1

6.3.11-1

6.4~rc6-1~exp1

6.4~rc7-1~exp1

6.4.1-1~exp1

6.4.4-1~bpo12+1

6.4.4-1

6.4.4-2

6.4.4-3~bpo12+1

6.4.4-3

6.4.11-1

6.4.13-1

6.5~rc4-1~exp1

6.5~rc6-1~exp1

6.5~rc7-1~exp1

6.5.1-1~exp1

6.5.3-1~bpo12+1

6.5.3-1

6.5.6-1

6.5.8-1

6.5.10-1~bpo12+1

6.5.10-1

6.5.13-1

6.6.3-1~exp1

6.6.4-1~exp1

6.6.7-1~exp1

6.6.8-1

6.6.9-1

6.6.11-1

6.6.13-1~bpo12+1

6.6.13-1

6.6.15-1

6.6.15-2

6.7-1~exp1

6.7.1-1~exp1

6.7.4-1~exp1

6.7.7-1

6.7.9-1

6.7.9-2

6.7.12-1~bpo12+1

6.7.12-1

6.8.9-1

6.8.11-1

6.8.12-1~bpo12+1

6.8.12-1

6.9.2-1~exp1

6.9.7-1~bpo12+1

6.9.7-1

6.9.8-1

6.9.9-1

6.9.10-1~bpo12+1

6.9.10-1

6.9.11-1

6.9.12-1

6.10-1~exp1

6.10.1-1~exp1

6.10.3-1

6.10.4-1

6.10.6-1~bpo12+1

6.10.6-1

6.10.7-1

6.10.9-1

6.10.11-1~bpo12+1

6.10.11-1

6.10.12-1

6.11~rc4-1~exp1

6.11~rc5-1~exp1

6.11-1~exp1

6.11.2-1

6.11.4-1

6.11.5-1~bpo12+1

6.11.5-1

6.11.6-1

6.11.7-1

6.11.9-1

6.11.10-1~bpo12+1

6.11.10-1

6.12~rc6-1~exp1

6.12.3-1

6.12.5-1

6.12.6-1

6.12.8-1

6.12.9-1~bpo12+1

6.12.9-1

6.12.9-1+alpha

6.12.10-1

6.12.11-1

6.12.11-1+alpha

6.12.11-1+alpha.1

6.12.12-1~bpo12+1

6.12.12-1

6.12.13-1

6.12.15-1

6.12.16-1

6.12.17-1

6.12.19-1

6.12.20-1

6.12.21-1

6.12.22-1~bpo12+1

6.12.22-1

6.12.25-1

6.12.27-1~bpo12+1

6.12.27-1

6.12.29-1

6.12.30-1~bpo12+1

6.12.30-1

6.12.31-1

6.12.32-1~bpo12+1

6.12.32-1

6.12.33-1~bpo12+1

6.12.33-1

6.12.35-1~bpo12+1

6.12.35-1

6.12.37-1

6.12.38-1~bpo12+1

6.12.38-1

6.12.41-1

6.12.43-1~bpo12+1

6.12.43-1

6.12.48-1

6.12.57-1~bpo12+1

6.12.57-1

6.12.63-1~bpo12+1

6.12.63-1

6.12.69-1~bpo12+1

6.12.69-1

6.12.73-1~bpo12+1

6.12.73-1

6.13~rc6-1~exp1

6.13~rc7-1~exp1

6.13.2-1~exp1

6.13.3-1~exp1

6.13.4-1~exp1

6.13.5-1~exp1

6.13.6-1~exp1

6.13.7-1~exp1

6.13.8-1~exp1

6.13.9-1~exp1

6.13.10-1~exp1

6.13.11-1~exp1

6.14.3-1~exp1

6.14.5-1~exp1

6.14.6-1~exp1

6.15~rc7-1~exp1

6.15-1~exp1

6.15.1-1~exp1

6.15.2-1~exp1

6.15.3-1~exp1

6.15.4-1~exp1

6.15.5-1~exp1

6.15.6-1~exp1

6.16~rc7-1~exp1

6.16-1~exp1

6.16.1-1~exp1

6.16.3-1~bpo13+1

6.16.3-1

6.16.5-1

6.16.6-1

6.16.7-1

6.16.8-1

6.16.9-1

6.16.10-1

6.16.11-1

6.16.12-1~bpo13+1

6.16.12-1

6.16.12-2

6.17.2-1~exp1

6.17.5-1~exp1

6.17.6-1

6.17.7-1

6.17.7-2

6.17.8-1~bpo13+1

6.17.8-1

6.17.9-1

6.17.10-1

6.17.11-1

6.17.12-1

6.17.13-1~bpo13+1

6.17.13-1

6.18~rc4-1~exp1

6.18~rc4-1~exp2

6.18~rc5-1~exp1

6.18~rc6-1~exp1

6.18~rc7-1~exp1

6.18.1-1~exp1

6.18.2-1~exp1

6.18.3-1

6.18.5-1~bpo13+1

6.18.5-1

6.18.8-1

6.18.9-1~bpo13+1

6.18.9-1

6.18.10-1

6.18.12-1~bpo13+1

6.18.12-1

6.18.13-1

6.18.14-1

6.18.15-1

6.19~rc4-1~exp1

6.19~rc5-1~exp1

6.19~rc6-1~exp1

6.19~rc7-1~exp1

6.19~rc8-1~exp1

6.19-1~exp1

6.19.2-1~exp1

6.19.3-1~exp1

6.19.4-1~exp1

6.19.5-1~exp1

6.19.6-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37961.json"

Debian:12 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.1.140-1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.27-1

6.1.37-1

6.1.38-1

6.1.38-2~bpo11+1

6.1.38-2

6.1.38-3

6.1.38-4~bpo11+1

6.1.38-4

6.1.52-1

6.1.55-1~bpo11+1

6.1.55-1

6.1.64-1

6.1.66-1

6.1.67-1

6.1.69-1~bpo11+1

6.1.69-1

6.1.76-1~bpo11+1

6.1.76-1

6.1.82-1

6.1.85-1

6.1.90-1~bpo11+1

6.1.90-1

6.1.94-1~bpo11+1

6.1.94-1

6.1.98-1

6.1.99-1

6.1.106-1

6.1.106-2

6.1.106-3

6.1.112-1

6.1.115-1

6.1.119-1

6.1.123-1

6.1.124-1

6.1.128-1

6.1.129-1

6.1.133-1

6.1.135-1

6.1.137-1

6.1.139-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37961.json"

Debian:13 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.12.29-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37961.json"

Debian:14 / linux

Package

Name: linux
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.12.29-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37961.json"

Debian:11 / linux-6.1

Package

Name: linux-6.1
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/linux-6.1?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

6.1.140-1~deb11u1

Affected versions

6.*

6.1.106-3~deb11u1

6.1.106-3~deb11u2

6.1.106-3~deb11u3

6.1.112-1~deb11u1

6.1.119-1~deb11u1

6.1.128-1~deb11u1

6.1.129-1~deb11u1

6.1.137-1~deb11u1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2025-37961.json"