CVE-2025-38077

HIGH

Linux Kernel 5.11-6.14.8 - Out-of-bounds Write in dell-wmi-sysman current_password_store()

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store() If the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty string, the 'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with index 'length - 1' will result in a buffer overflow. Add a check for an empty string. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.3%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (22)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.185linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.141linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.14.9linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.93linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.31linux
Linux/Linux < 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.11
Linux/Linux 5.15.185 - 5.15.*
Linux/Linux 6.1.141 - 6.1.*
... and 12 more
Published Jun 18, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026