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DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38478

DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38478 PUBLISHED CVSS 5.5 MEDIUM

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.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.1
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Products

VendorProductVersions
Debian:11linux-6.16.1.148-1, 6.1.147-1, 6.1.140-1
Debian:13linux0, 6.12.38-1, 0
Debian:14linux6.14.6-1~exp1, 6.15-1~exp1, 6.15.1-1~exp1
Debian:11linux5.10.226-1, 5.10.149-1, 5.10.149-2
Debian:12linux6.1.76-1, 6.1.82-1, 6.1.85-1

Timeline

  • Jul 28, 2025 CVE Published
  • Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated
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