CVE-2025-38685Out-of-bounds Write in Linux

CWE-787Out-of-bounds Write30 documents8 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.44%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedSep 4
Latest updateMar 25

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit This issue triggers when a userspace program does an ioctl FBIOPUT_CON2FBMAP by passing console number and frame buffer number. Ideally this maps console to frame buffer and updates the screen if console is visible. As part of mapping it has to do resize of console according to frame buffer info. if this resize fails and returns from vc_do_resize() and continues further

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 Packages3 packages

NVDlinux/linux_kernel2.6.135.15.190+6
Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.1.153-1+2
CVEListV5linux/linux1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2078e62bffca4b7e72e8f3550eb063ab981c36c7a+7

Also affects: Debian Linux 11.0

Patches

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-qq5r-fpg9-2mj7: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit This issue triggers whe2025-09-05
OSV
CVE-2025-38685: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit This issue triggers when2025-09-04
CVEList
fbdev: Fix vmalloc out-of-bounds write in fast_imageblit2025-09-04

📋Vendor Advisories

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