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CVE-2025-40193
published 2025-11-12

CVE-2025-40193: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk A malicious user could pass an…

PriorityP422high7.8
EPSS
0.19%
8.5th percentile
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk A malicious user could pass an arbitrarily bad value to memdup_user_nul(), potentially causing kernel crash. This follows the same pattern as commit ee76746387f6 ("netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()")

Affected

21 ranges
VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
debianlinux< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)
debianlinux-6.1< linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)linux 6.1.158-1 (bookworm)
linuxlinux
linuxlinux>= b6c7e873daf765e41233b9752083b66442703b7a < f40405ccfb87b71175f2d5d004c0b8a0aebcc2cff40405ccfb87b71175f2d5d004c0b8a0aebcc2cf
linuxlinux>= b6c7e873daf765e41233b9752083b66442703b7a < 151bd88859474cdaccc1e4c8b21fbf72dbba2ab4151bd88859474cdaccc1e4c8b21fbf72dbba2ab4
linuxlinux>= b6c7e873daf765e41233b9752083b66442703b7a < d381de7fd4cdc928ede96987dc64b133e6480dd6d381de7fd4cdc928ede96987dc64b133e6480dd6
linuxlinux>= b6c7e873daf765e41233b9752083b66442703b7a < a0c2c36d864ef3676b05cfd8c58b72ee3214cb1aa0c2c36d864ef3676b05cfd8c58b72ee3214cb1a
linuxlinux>= b6c7e873daf765e41233b9752083b66442703b7a < 5d5f08fd0cd970184376bee07d59f635c8403f635d5f08fd0cd970184376bee07d59f635c8403f63
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.1.158-16.1.158-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.12.57-16.12.57-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.6-16.17.6-1
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.8.0-106.1066.8.0-106.106
linuxlinux_kernel>= 0 < 6.17.0-14.146.17.0-14.14
linuxlinux_kernel>= 3.9.0 < 6.1.1576.1.157
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.13.0 < 6.17.46.17.4
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.2.0 < 6.6.1136.6.113
linuxlinux_kernel>= 6.7.0 < 6.12.546.12.54
msrcazl3_kernel_6.6.112.1-2_on_azure_linux_3.0
ubuntulinux-aws
ubuntulinux-oracle
ubuntulinux-xilinx

CVSS provenance

vendor_ubuntu7.8HIGH
osv3.2LOW
vendor_msrc5.5MEDIUM
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