CVE-2025-21738Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Linux

Severity
5.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV7.8OSV7.1OSV5.9
EPSS
0.0%
top 96.23%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedFeb 27
Latest updateSep 3

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer reveliofuzzing reported that a SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND ioctl with out_len set to 0xd42, SCSI command set to ATA_16 PASS-THROUGH, ATA command set to ATA_NOP, and protocol set to ATA_PROT_PIO, can cause ata_pio_sector() to write outside the allocated buffer, overwriting random memory. While a ATA device is supposed to abort a ATA_NOP command, there does s

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages9 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.26.6.78+3
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.129-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-64.67
CVEListV5linux/linux5a5dbd18a7496ed403f6f54bb20c955c65482fa5a8f8cf87059ed1905c2a5c72f8b39a4f57b11b4c+5
debiandebian/linux< linux 6.1.129-1 (bookworm)

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

14
OSV
linux-azure, linux-azure-6.8, linux-azure-nvidia vulnerabilities2025-09-03
OSV
linux-raspi vulnerabilities2025-07-24
OSV
linux-raspi-realtime vulnerabilities2025-07-24
OSV
linux-gcp, linux-gcp-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-07-22
OSV
linux-aws-6.8, linux-gke, linux-gkeop, linux-nvidia, linux-nvidia-6.8, linux-nvidia-lowlatency, linux-oracle, linux-oracle-6.8 vulnerabilities2025-07-22

📋Vendor Advisories

15
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2025-09-03
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi Real-time) vulnerabilities2025-07-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Raspberry Pi) vulnerabilities2025-07-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (GCP) vulnerabilities2025-07-22
Ubuntu
Linux kernel vulnerabilities2025-07-22