CVE-2025-37756
What it is
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: tls: explicitly disallow disconnect syzbot discovered that it can disconnect a TLS socket and then run into all sort of unexpected corner cases. I have a vague recollection of Eric pointing this out to us a long time ago. Supporting disconnect is really hard, for one thing if offload is enabled we'd need to wait for all packets to be _acked_. Disconnect is not commonly used, disallow it. The immediate problem syzbot run into is the warning in the strp, but that's just the easiest bug to trigger: WARNING: CPU: 0 PID: 5834 at net/tls/tls_strp.c:486 tls_strp_msg_load+0x72e/0xa80 net/tls/tls_strp.c:486 RIP: 0010:tls_strp_msg_load+0x72e/0xa80 net/tls/tls_strp.c:486 Call Trace: <TASK> tls_rx_rec_wait+0x280/0xa60 net/tls/tls_sw.c:1363 tls_sw_recvmsg+0x85c/0x1c30 net/tls/tls_sw.c:2043 inet6_recvmsg+0x2c9/0x730 net/ipv6/af_inet6.c:678 sock_recvmsg_nosec net/socket.c:1023 [inline] sock_recvmsg+0x109/0x280 net/socket.c:1045 __sys_recvfrom+0x202/0x380 net/socket.c:2237
At a glance
- Exploitability
- Can be exploited locally on the machine with a low-privilege account. High risk of data exposure, data tampering, service disruption.
- Exploit odds
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Fix
- A patch, advisory or fixed version is referenced. Upgrade or apply it.
Timeline
- PublishedDisclosed publicly on CVE.org and NVD
- Last updatedMost recent change to the record
Why it ranks here
- Exploited in the wild: no, CISA does not list it.
- Exploit odds: 0.3% in the next 30 days (EPSS).
- Severity: 7.8 HIGH (CVSS).
- Fix: a patch or advisory is linked.
Details
- Published
- Last modified
- Exploit probability
- 0.3% · EPSS, next 30 days
- Record status
- Modified
Affected
- Linux Kernel < 5.10.237
- Linux Kernel < 5.15.181
- Linux Kernel < 6.1.135
- Linux Kernel < 6.6.88
- Linux Kernel < 6.12.24
- Linux Kernel < 6.13.12
- Linux Kernel < 6.14.3
- Linux Kernel 6.15
Attack profile CVSS 3.1 · 7.8
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Raw vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Is it in your code?
Hand this to your coding agent. It searches your project for the affected products and checks versions. Nothing leaves your machine.
Read https://cve-list.com/agent/cve/CVE-2025-37756.md and follow it. Check whether this project is affected by CVE-2025-37756. Read only. Don't change anything and don't upload my code. Tell me yes, no or not sure, with the file as proof.
Fix and advisories
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcad8fefcecdd5f005d8c550b25d703c063c34a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5071a1e606b30c0c11278d3c6620cd6a24724cf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bdcf5bc35ae59fc4a0fa23276e84b4d1534a3cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8513411ec321942bd3cfed53d5bb700665c67d86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fcbca0f801580cbb583e9cb274e2c7fbe766ca6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac91c6125468be720eafde9c973994cb45b61d44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c665bef891e8972e1d3ce5bbc0d42a373346a2c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3ce4d3f874ab7919edca364c147ac735f9f1d04
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2bcad8fefcecdd5f005d8c550b25d703c063c34a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5071a1e606b30c0c11278d3c6620cd6a24724cf6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7bdcf5bc35ae59fc4a0fa23276e84b4d1534a3cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8513411ec321942bd3cfed53d5bb700665c67d86
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9fcbca0f801580cbb583e9cb274e2c7fbe766ca6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac91c6125468be720eafde9c973994cb45b61d44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c665bef891e8972e1d3ce5bbc0d42a373346a2c3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3ce4d3f874ab7919edca364c147ac735f9f1d04
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/05/07/1
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00030.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/05/msg00045.html