CVE-2025-38667

HIGH

Linux Kernel 6.15-6.15.9 - Out-of-bounds Write in IIO Buffer Handling

Title source: llm

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: fix potential out-of-bound write The buffer is set to 20 characters. If a caller write more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". To protect from OoB access, check that the input size fit into buffer and add a zero terminator after copy to the end of the copied data.

References (2)

Core 2

Core References

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a635b6eccd6fc889f6d07ab9583b705f739ce1

Patch

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16285a0931869baa618b1f5d304e1e9d090470a8

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0013

EPSS Percentile 3.1%

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 (9)

linux/Kernel 6.15.0 - 6.15.9linux

Linux/Linux < 6.15

Linux/Linux 6.15

Linux/Linux 6.15.9 - 6.15.*

Linux/Linux 6.16

Linux/Linux 6d5dd486c715908b5a6ed02315a15ff044a91025 - 16285a0931869baa618b1f5d304e1e9d090470a8

Linux/Linux 6d5dd486c715908b5a6ed02315a15ff044a91025 - 81a635b6eccd6fc889f6d07ab9583b705f739ce1

linux/linux_kernel 6.16 rc1 (6 CPE variants)

linux/linux_kernel 6.15 - 6.15.9

Published Aug 22, 2025

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026