CVE-2025-38478

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Fix initialization of data for instructions that write to subdevice Some Comedi subdevice instruction handlers are known to access instruction data elements beyond the first `insn->n` elements in some cases. The `do_insn_ioctl()` and `do_insnlist_ioctl()` functions allocate at least `MIN_SAMPLES` (16) data elements to deal with this, but they do not initialize all of that. For Comedi instruction codes that write to the subdevice, the first `insn->n` data elements are copied from user-space, but the remaining elements are left uninitialized. That could be a problem if the subdevice instruction handler reads the uninitialized data. Ensure that the first `MIN_SAMPLES` elements are initialized before calling these instruction handlers, filling the uncopied elements with 0. For `do_insnlist_ioctl()`, the same data buffer elements are used for handling a list of instructions, so ensure the first `MIN_SAMPLES` elements are initialized for each instruction that writes to the subdevice.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedJul 28, 2025
First seenJul 28, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.147, 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel2.6.29 ≤ v < 5.4.297, 5.5 ≤ v < 5.10.241, 5.11 ≤ v < 5.15.190, 5.16 ≤ v < 6.1.147, 6.2 ≤ v < 6.6.100, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.40, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.15.8, 6.165.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.147, 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8
debian debian_linux11.0—

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