CVE-2025-38081
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Publication date: 2025-06-18
Last updated on: 2025-11-14
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-125 | The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. |
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AI Powered Q&A
Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability in the Linux kernel's spi-rockchip driver involves a register out of bounds access. It occurs because the code incorrectly handles GPIO chip selects by writing native chip select data to them, even though GPIO numbers can be much higher than native chip select numbers. This improper handling can lead to accessing registers outside their valid range.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability could potentially cause unexpected behavior or system instability due to out of bounds register access in the spi-rockchip driver. This might lead to crashes or other malfunctions in systems using this driver, affecting reliability and possibly security.