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fix uninit-value for saddr in do_output_route4","CVE":"CVE-2025-37961","Year":"2025"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2025","CveId":"37961","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nipvs: fix uninit-value for saddr in do_output_route4\n\nsyzbot reports for uninit-value for the saddr argument [1].\ncommit 4754957f04f5 (\"ipvs: do not use random local source address for\ntunnels\") already implies that the input value of saddr\nshould be ignored but the code is still reading it which can prevent\nto connect the route. 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