CVE-2025-37979Out-of-bounds Write in Linux

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write43 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV3.2
EPSS
0.1%
top 78.28%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMay 20
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ASoC: qcom: Fix sc7280 lpass potential buffer overflow Case values introduced in commit 5f78e1fb7a3e ("ASoC: qcom: Add driver support for audioreach solution") cause out of bounds access in arrays of sc7280 driver data (e.g. in case of RX_CODEC_DMA_RX_0 in sc7280_snd_hw_params()). Redefine LPASS_MAX_PORTS to consider the maximum possible port id for q6dsp as sc7280 driver utilizes some of those values. Found by Linux Verific

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages4 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel5.186.1.136+4
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.137-1+2
Ubuntulinux/linux_kernel< 6.8.0-100.100+1
CVEListV5linux/linux77d0ffef793da818741127f4905a3e3d45d05ac7d78888853eb53f47ae16cf3aa5d0444d0331b9f8+5

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

22
OSV
linux-azure-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-03-25
OSV
linux-azure-fips vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-azure vulnerabilities2026-03-04
OSV
linux-ibm, linux-ibm-6.8 vulnerabilities2026-02-24
OSV
linux-xilinx vulnerabilities2026-02-24

📋Vendor Advisories

20
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-25
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Azure FIPS) vulnerabilities2026-03-04
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (Xilinx) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
Ubuntu
Linux kernel (IBM) vulnerabilities2026-02-24
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