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CVE-2025-21746
published 2025-02-27

CVE-2025-21746: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: synaptics - fix crash when enabling pass-through port When enabling a pass-through…

PriorityP417medium4.7CVSS 3.1
AVLACHPRLUINSUCNINAH
EPSS
0.15%
4.4th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: synaptics - fix crash when enabling pass-through port When enabling a pass-through port an interrupt might come before psmouse driver binds to the pass-through port. However synaptics sub-driver tries to access psmouse instance presumably associated with the pass-through port to figure out if only 1 byte of response or entire protocol packet needs to be forwarded to the pass-through port and may crash if psmouse instance has not been attached to the port yet. Fix the crash by introducing open() and close() methods for the port and check if the port is open before trying to access psmouse instance. Because psmouse calls serio_open() only after attaching psmouse instance to serio port instance this prevents the potential crash.

Affected

12 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.12.17-1 (forky)linux 6.12.17-1 (forky)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 < a2cbcd70133dc0d4d4c95ad4cd5412b935354c7ca2cbcd70133dc0d4d4c95ad4cd5412b935354c7c
linuxlinux>= 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 < 3e179d3f1ada963475395d81bfe91daef4d1a24c3e179d3f1ada963475395d81bfe91daef4d1a24c
linuxlinux>= 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 < 87da1ea93ec9f9f0004e5b12e78789bc94e360bf87da1ea93ec9f9f0004e5b12e78789bc94e360bf
linuxlinux>= 100e16959c3ca8cb7be788ed3e2c5867481f35f6 < 08bd5b7c9a2401faabdaa1472d45c7de0755fd7e08bd5b7c9a2401faabdaa1472d45c7de0755fd7e
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.17-16.12.17-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.17-16.12.17-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-78.786.8.0-78.78
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13 < 6.13.36.13.3
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.5 < 6.6.806.6.80
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7 < 6.12.176.12.17

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.14.7MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.7LOW
vendor_redhat4.7MEDIUM
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