CVE-2025-38667
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Publication date: 2025-08-22
Last updated on: 2025-11-25
Assigner: kernel.org
Description
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Affected Vendors & Products
| Vendor | Product | Version / Range |
|---|---|---|
| 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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Can you explain this vulnerability to me?
This vulnerability is a potential out-of-bound (OoB) write in the Linux kernel's Industrial I/O (iio) subsystem. The issue arises because a buffer is set to hold 20 characters, but if a caller writes more than that, the count is truncated to the maximum available space in the function simple_write_to_buffer. To prevent out-of-bound access, the fix involves checking that the input size fits into the buffer and adding a zero terminator after copying the data to ensure safety.
How can this vulnerability impact me? :
This vulnerability could lead to out-of-bound writes in kernel memory, which may cause system instability, crashes, or potentially allow an attacker to execute arbitrary code with kernel privileges, depending on the context of exploitation.