Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net: netpoll: Initialize UDP checksum field before checksumming commit f1fce08e63fe ("netpoll: Eliminate redundant assignment") removed the initialization of the UDP checksum, which was wrong and broke netpoll IPv6 transmission due to bad checksumming. udph->check needs to be set before calling csum_ipv6_magic().

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Published Date :

2025-07-25T14:24:13.766Z

Last Modified :

2025-07-28T04:22:04.875Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-38432 vulnerability.

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Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-38432.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/353016ec159f939a380ff6746476a779367ba9a3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f5990207026987a353d5a95204c4d9cb725637fd cve-icon cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025072516-CVE-2025-38432-ce36@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38432 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38432 cve-icon
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