rxrpc: Fix oops due to non-existence of prealloc backlog struct
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: rxrpc: Fix oops due to non-existence of prealloc backlog struct If an AF_RXRPC service socket is opened and bound, but calls are preallocated, then rxrpc_alloc_incoming_call() will oops because the rxrpc_backlog struct doesn't get allocated until the first preallocation is made. Fix this by returning NULL from rxrpc_alloc_incoming_call() if there is no backlog struct. This will cause the incoming call to be aborted.
CVE-2025-38514
Primary source · Revision 1
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Security context
Source reference: cve:CVE-2025-38514
Linux
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Linux
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Structured affected-version data
Original package identities and version rules from this source.
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- CVE-2025-38514
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