CVE-2025-38494 — Buffer Access with Incorrect Length Value in Linux
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
OSV5.5OSV3.2
EPSS
0.0%
top 99.31%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedJul 28
Latest updateMar 25
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request
hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer
and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver
function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.
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
▶CVEListV5linux/linux4fa5a7f76cc7b6ac87f57741edd2b124851d119f — dd8e8314f2ce225dade5248dcfb9e2ac0edda624+8
Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0