CVE-2025-38484
BaseFortify
Publication date: 2025-07-28
Last updated on: 2025-11-19
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 | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | 6.16 |
| linux | linux_kernel | From 5.15.160 (inc) to 5.16 (inc) |
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Exploitability
| CWE ID | Description |
|---|---|
| CWE-787 | The product writes 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 is an out-of-bound write in the Linux kernel's iio backend. Specifically, a buffer of 80 characters is used, and while the number of characters written is truncated to the buffer size, a string terminator is written at an offset without checking boundaries, causing the terminator to be written outside the allocated buffer.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
The out-of-bound write can lead to memory corruption, which may cause system instability, crashes, or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges on the affected system.