CVE-2025-37879
HIGH EPSS 13.8%
Published May 9, 20251y ago · Modified Jun 17, 20262w ago
7.1 CVSS 3.1
Published May 9, 2025 1y ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 2w ago
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: 9p/net: fix improper handling of bogus negative read/write replies In p9_client_write() and p9_client_read_once(), if the server incorrectly replies with success but a negative write/read count then we would consider written (negative) <= rsize (positive) because both variables were signed. Make variables unsigned to avoid this problem. The reproducer linked below now fails with the following error instead of a null pointer deref: 9pnet: bogus RWRITE count (4294967295 > 3)
CVSS Details
Base Score
Exploitability
Impact
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS Exploit Probability
13.8% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available
Weaknesses 1
CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety
Affected Products 5
References 6
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374e4cd75617c8c2552f562f39dd989583f5c330
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468ff4a7c61fb811c596a7c44b6a5455e40fd12b
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a68768e280b7d0c967ea509e791bb9b90adc94a5
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c548f95688e2b5ae0e2ae43d53cf717156c7d034
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0259a856afca31d699b706ed5e2adf11086c73b
- lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html
Remediation
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/374e4cd75617c8c2552f562f39dd989583f5c330
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/468ff4a7c61fb811c596a7c44b6a5455e40fd12b
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a68768e280b7d0c967ea509e791bb9b90adc94a5
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c548f95688e2b5ae0e2ae43d53cf717156c7d034
- git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d0259a856afca31d699b706ed5e2adf11086c73b