In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: vsock/virtio: Validate length in packet header before skb_put() When receiving a vsock packet in the guest, only the virtqueue buffer size is validated prior to virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put(). Unfortunately, virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put() uses the length from the packet header as the length argument to skb_put(), potentially resulting in SKB overflow if the host has gone wonky. Validate the length as advertised by the packet header before calling virtio_vsock_skb_rx_put().
Fix
Patch, vendor advisory and mitigation references on NVD 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dab92484474587b82e8e0455839eaf5ac7bf894 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676f03760ca1d69c2470cef36c44dc152494b47c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/969b06bd8b7560efb100a34227619e7d318fbe05 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee438c492b2e0705d819ac0e25d04fae758d8f8f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf332a10372390ce65d0b803888f4b25a388335 Patch
Every line above is quoted from NVD, CISA, Microsoft, the vendor's own advisory or DISA; nothing is generated.
Change history 1
- First seenCVSS 5.5 · linux, debianNVD modified 2026-10-15 22:18
Affected (CPE criteria) 2
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dab92484474587b82e8e0455839eaf5ac7bf894 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/676f03760ca1d69c2470cef36c44dc152494b47c Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/969b06bd8b7560efb100a34227619e7d318fbe05 Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee438c492b2e0705d819ac0e25d04fae758d8f8f Patch
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/faf332a10372390ce65d0b803888f4b25a388335 Patch
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html Third Party Advisory
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-032379.html