# CVE-2025-39913: tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock->cork.

> A memory management error in the Linux kernel's TCP BPF implementation can lead to a kernel warning and potential denial of service when specific socket operations fail.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 1 Oct 2025
- **Updated:** 11 Jun 2026
- **Also known as:** AZL-68049, AZL-74757, BELL-CVE-2025-39913, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39913, GHSA-36qj-697h-rh8p, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-11-CVE-2025-39913, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2204-CVE-2025-39913, ROOT-OS-UBUNTU-2404-CVE-2025-39913, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39913

## What is CVE-2025-39913?

CVE-2025-39913 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

tcp_bpf: Call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict() fails to allocate psock->cork.

syzbot reported the splat below. [0]

The repro does the following:

  1. Load a sk_msg prog that calls bpf_msg_cork_bytes(msg, cork_bytes)
  2. Attach the prog to a SOCKMAP
  3. Add a socket to the SOCKMAP
  4. Activate fault injection
  5. Send data less than cork_bytes

At 5., the data is carried over to the next sendmsg() as it is
smaller than the cork_bytes specified by bpf_msg_cork_bytes().

Then, tcp_bpf_send_verdict() tries to allocate psock->cork to hold
the data, but this fails silently due to fault injection + __GFP_NOWARN.

If the allocation fails, we need to revert the sk->sk_forward_alloc
change done by sk_msg_alloc().

Let's call sk_msg_free() when tcp_bpf_send_verdict fails to allocate
psock->cork.

The "*copied" also needs to be updated such that a proper error can
be returned to the caller, sendmsg. It fails to allocate psock->cork.
Nothing has been corked so far, so this patch simply sets "*copied"
to 0.

[0]:
WARNING: net/ipv4/af_inet.c:156 at inet_sock_destruct+0x623/0x730 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:156, CPU#1: syz-executor/5983
Modules linked in:
CPU: 1 UID: 0 PID: 5983 Comm: syz-executor Not tainted syzkaller #0 PREEMPT(full)
Hardware name: Google Google Compute Engine/Google Compute Engine, BIOS Google 07/12/2025
RIP: 0010:inet_sock_destruct+0x623/0x730 net/ipv4/af_inet.c:156
Code: 0f 0b 90 e9 62 fe ff ff e8 7a db b5 f7 90 0f 0b 90 e9 95 fe ff ff e8 6c db b5 f7 90 0f 0b 90 e9 bb fe ff ff e8 5e db b5 f7 90 <0f> 0b 90 e9 e1 fe ff ff 89 f9 80 e1 07 80 c1 03 38 c1 0f 8c 9f fc
RSP: 0018:ffffc90000a08b48 EFLAGS: 00010246
RAX: ffffffff8a09d0b2 RBX: dffffc0000000000 RCX: ffff888024a23c80
RDX: 0000000000000100 RSI: 0000000000000fff RDI: 0000000000000000
RBP: 0000000000000fff R08: ffff88807e07c627 R09: 1ffff1100fc0f8c4
R10: dffffc0000000000 R11: ffffed100fc0f8c5 R12: ffff88807e07c380
R13: dffffc0000000000 R14: ffff88807e07c60c R15: 1ffff1100fc0f872
FS:  00005555604c4500(0000) GS:ffff888125af1000(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000
CS:  0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 0000000080050033
CR2: 00005555604df5c8 CR3: 0000000032b06000 CR4: 00000000003526f0
Call Trace:
 <IRQ>
 __sk_destruct+0x86/0x660 net/core/sock.c:2339
 rcu_do_batch kernel/rcu/tree.c:2605 [inline]
 rcu_core+0xca8/0x1770 kernel/rcu/tree.c:2861
 handle_softirqs+0x286/0x870 kernel/softirq.c:579
 __do_softirq kernel/softirq.c:613 [inline]
 invoke_softirq kernel/softirq.c:453 [inline]
 __irq_exit_rcu+0xca/0x1f0 kernel/softirq.c:680
 irq_exit_rcu+0x9/0x30 kernel/softirq.c:696
 instr_sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1052 [inline]
 sysvec_apic_timer_interrupt+0xa6/0xc0 arch/x86/kernel/apic/apic.c:1052
 </IRQ>

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39913?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Debian Debian Linux, Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-39913?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-39913 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- UAF in linux kernel ≤ 6.12.38 (psock->cork)  (github_poc): https://github.com/byteReaper77/CVE-2025-39913

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## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-39913 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-39913 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Oct 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39913 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Debian Debian Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39913/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39913/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39913
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39913
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-39913

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