DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38478
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
Affected Products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian:11 | linux-6.1 | 6.1.148-1, 6.1.147-1, 6.1.140-1 |
| Debian:13 | linux | 0, 6.12.38-1, 0 |
| Debian:14 | linux | 6.14.6-1~exp1, 6.15-1~exp1, 6.15.1-1~exp1 |
| Debian:11 | linux | 5.10.226-1, 5.10.149-1, 5.10.149-2 |
| Debian:12 | linux | 6.1.76-1, 6.1.82-1, 6.1.85-1 |
Timeline
- Jul 28, 2025 CVE Published
- Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated