CVE-2025-38329
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-10
Last updated on: 2025-11-18
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) |
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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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is an out-of-bounds (OOB) memory read access issue in the Linux kernel's firmware component cs_dsp, specifically in the KUnit test function cs_dsp_mock_wmfw_add_info(). The problem occurred because the source string length was rounded up to the allocation size, leading to reading memory beyond the intended boundary.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The vulnerability could lead to unintended memory reads beyond allocated boundaries, which may cause system instability, crashes, or potential exposure of sensitive information from adjacent memory areas.