Vulnerability · Published Sep 4, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-38730io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry

High 7.8

In plain English

A high-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.2% (higher than 7% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)7.8High
Exploit odds (30 days)0.2%top 93.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsCISA SSVC: none
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: io_uring/net: commit partial buffers on retry Ring provided buffers are potentially only valid within the single execution context in which they were acquired. io_uring deals with this and invalidates them on retry. But on the networking side, if MSG_WAITALL is set, or if the socket is of the streaming type and too little was processed, then it will hang on to the buffer rather than recycle or commit it. This is problematic for two reasons: 1) If someone unregisters the provided buffer ring before a later retry, then the req->buf_list will no longer be valid. 2) If multiple sockers are using the same buffer group, then multiple receives can consume the same memory. This can cause data corruption in the application, as either receive could land in the same userspace buffer. Fix this by disallowing partial retries from pinning a provided buffer across multiple executions, if ring provided buffers are used.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1ALSA-2026:2282
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1ALSA-2026:2282
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7ALSA-2026:2212
Debian:13linux6.12.48-1DSA-6008-1
Debian:13linux6.12.48-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38730
Debian:14linux6.16.3-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38730
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-124.35.1.el10_1RLSA-2026:2282
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-611.30.1.el9_7RLSA-2026:2212
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-100.100UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1046.52UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde6.8.0-1046.53UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.86.8.0-1046.53~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidiano fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1047.50UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1047.50~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1043.48UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1030.33UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1044.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1044.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-100.100.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-100.100.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1046.49UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1046.49.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1020.20UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1043.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1043.44~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1047.51UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.14no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-100.100~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1023.24UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38730

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux c56e022c0a27142b7b59ae6bdf45f86bf4b298a1 – before 3b53dc1c641f2884d4750fc25aaf6c36b90db606c56e022c0a27142b7b59ae6bdf45f86bf4b298a1 – before fe9da1812f8697a38f7e30991d568ec199e16059c56e022c0a27142b7b59ae6bdf45f86bf4b298a1 – before 21a4ddb0f5e933f372808c10b9ac704505751bb1c56e022c0a27142b7b59ae6bdf45f86bf4b298a1 – before 2eb7937b5fc7fcd90eab7bebb0181214b61b9283c56e022c0a27142b7b59ae6bdf45f86bf4b298a1 – before 41b70df5b38bc80967d2e0ed55cc3c3896bba781
Linux Linux 6.4

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