Actively exploited · Published Sep 5, 2025 · Assigned by Linux

CVE-2025-39682tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list

Critical 9.8 Exploited

In plain English

A critical-severity security flaw in Linux from Linux. Attackers are actively exploiting it in the wild (listed by CISA on September 18, 2026). The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Ready-made attack tooling exists: public proof-of-concept code. Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.

Severity (CVSS 3.1)9.8Critical
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 11.8% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildYesCISA KEV since Sep 18, 2026
Attack tooling1Public PoC

CISA guidance

Apply mitigations in accordance with vendor instructions, ensuring compliance with CISA’s BOD 26-04 Prioritizing Security Updates Based on Risk (see URL in Notes) guidance and CISA’s “Forensics Triage Requirements” (see URL in Notes). Follow applicable BOD 26-04 guidance for cloud services or discontinue use of the product if mitigations are unavailable. Stakeholders are responsible for evaluating each asset's internet exposure and ensuring adherence to BOD 26-04 patching guidelines.

Federal agencies must remediate by Sep 21, 2026.

Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: tls: fix handling of zero-length records on the rx_list Each recvmsg() call must process either - only contiguous DATA records (any number of them) - one non-DATA record If the next record has different type than what has already been processed we break out of the main processing loop. If the record has already been decrypted (which may be the case for TLS 1.3 where we don't know type until decryption) we queue the pending record to the rx_list. Next recvmsg() will pick it up from there. Queuing the skb to rx_list after zero-copy decrypt is not possible, since in that case we decrypted directly to the user space buffer, and we don't have an skb to queue (darg.skb points to the ciphertext skb for access to metadata like length). Only data records are allowed zero-copy, and we break the processing loop after each non-data record. So we should never zero-copy and then find out that the record type has changed. The corner case we missed is when the initial record comes from rx_list, and it's zero length.

Affected packages & fixed versions

EcosystemPackageFixed inAdvisory
AlmaLinux:9kernel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-devel-matched5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:10kernel-abi-stablelists6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:16904
AlmaLinux:9kernel-abi-stablelists5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-cross-headers5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-devel-matched5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-debug-uki-virt5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-devel-matched5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:10kernel-doc6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0ALSA-2025:16904
AlmaLinux:9kernel-doc5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-headers5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-64k-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-kvm5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-debug-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-kvm5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-rt-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-tools-libs-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-uki-virt-addons5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-devel-matched5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-core5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9kernel-zfcpdump-modules-extra5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9libperf5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9perf5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9python3-perf5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9rtla5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
AlmaLinux:9rv5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6ALSA-2025:16880
Debian:12linux6.1.153-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39682
Debian:13linux6.12.48-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39682
Debian:13linux6.12.48-1DSA-6008-1
Debian:14linux6.16.5-1DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39682
Rocky Linux:10kernel0:6.12.0-55.37.1.el10_0RLSA-2025:16904
Rocky Linux:9kernel0:5.14.0-570.49.1.el9_6RLSA-2025:16880
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux6.8.0-86.87UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-allwinner-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws6.8.0-1041.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-aws-6.86.8.0-1041.43~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure6.8.0-1041.47UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.146.14.0-1014.14~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-6.86.8.0-1041.47~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:25.10linux-azure-fdeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-azure-fde-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia6.8.0-1029.32UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-azure-nvidia-6.146.14.0-1007.7UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp6.8.0-1042.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.146.14.0-1018.19~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-gcp-6.86.8.0-1042.45~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gke6.8.0-1038.43UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-gkeop6.8.0-1025.28UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-ibm6.8.0-1039.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-ibm-6.86.8.0-1039.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-intelno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-intel-iot-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency6.8.0-86.87.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-lowlatency-hwe-6.86.8.0-86.87.1~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia6.8.0-1041.44UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-6.86.8.0-1041.44~22.04.2UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-lowlatency6.8.0-1041.44.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-nvidia-tegra6.8.0-1012.12UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-5.17no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.0no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.1no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.11no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.146.14.0-1014.14UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oem-6.8no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle6.8.0-1038.39UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.146.14.0-1015.15~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-oracle-6.86.8.0-1038.39~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi6.8.0-1041.45UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-raspi-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-realtimeno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscvno fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.146.14.0-34.34.1~24.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-riscv-6.86.8.0-86.87~22.04.1UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-5.19no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.2no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:22.04:LTSlinux-starfive-6.5no fix listedUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682
Ubuntu:24.04:LTSlinux-xilinx6.8.0-1018.19UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39682

Affected products (as reported)

VendorProductVersions
Linux Linux 84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 – before 2902c3ebcca52ca845c03182000e8d71d3a5196f84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 – before c09dd3773b5950e9cfb6c9b9a5f6e36d06c6267784c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 – before 3439c15ae91a517cf3c650ea15a8987699416ad984c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 – before 29c0ce3c8cdb6dc5d61139c937f34cb888a6f42e84c61fe1a75b4255df1e1e7c054c9e6d048da417 – before 62708b9452f8eb77513115b17c4f8d1a22ebf843
Linux Linux 6.0

Weakness: CWE-754 · Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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