CVE-2025-38142

MEDIUM

Linux Kernel - NULL Pointer Dereference in asus-ec-sensors read_string

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) check sensor index in read_string() Prevent a potential invalid memory access when the requested sensor is not found. find_ec_sensor_index() may return a negative value (e.g. -ENOENT), but its result was used without checking, which could lead to undefined behavior when passed to get_sensor_info(). Add a proper check to return -EINVAL if sensor_index is negative. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [groeck: Return error code returned from find_ec_sensor_index]

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5
EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 17.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (18)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 5.18.0 - 6.1.142linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.94linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.34linux
Linux/Linux < 5.18
Linux/Linux 5.18
Linux/Linux 6.1.142 - 6.1.*
Linux/Linux 6.12.34 - 6.12.*
Linux/Linux 6.15.3 - 6.15.*
... and 8 more
Published Jul 03, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026