CVE-2025-21656

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel 5.6-6.6.71, 6.7-6.12.9 - Uninitialized Data Exposure via SCSI Error Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (drivetemp) Fix driver producing garbage data when SCSI errors occur scsi_execute_cmd() function can return both negative (linux codes) and positive (scsi_cmnd result field) error codes. Currently the driver just passes error codes of scsi_execute_cmd() to hwmon core, which is incorrect because hwmon only checks for negative error codes. This leads to hwmon reporting uninitialized data to userspace in case of SCSI errors (for example if the disk drive was disconnected). This patch checks scsi_execute_cmd() output and returns -EIO if it's error code is positive. [groeck: Avoid inline variable declaration for portability]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0020
EPSS Percentile 9.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (12)
linux/Kernel 5.6.0 - 6.6.72linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.10linux
Linux/Linux < 5.6
Linux/Linux 5.6
Linux/Linux 5b46903d8bf372e563bf2150d46b87fff197a109 - 42268d885e44af875a6474f7bba519cc6cea6a9d
Linux/Linux 5b46903d8bf372e563bf2150d46b87fff197a109 - 53e25b10a28edaf8c2a1d3916fd8929501a50dfc
Linux/Linux 5b46903d8bf372e563bf2150d46b87fff197a109 - 82163d63ae7a4c36142cd252388737205bb7e4b9
Linux/Linux 6.12.10 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.13
Linux/Linux 6.6.72 - 6.6.*
... and 2 more
Published Jan 21, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026