CVE-2025-38667

HIGH EPSS 3.2%
Published Aug 22, 202510mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.8 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Aug 22, 2025 10mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

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.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.8
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.9
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity High
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
3.2% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write Memory Safety

Affected Products 7

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.15  –  <6.15.9
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any
linuxlinux_kernel6.16any

References 2

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16285a0931869baa618b1f5d304e1e9d090470a8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a635b6eccd6fc889f6d07ab9583b705f739ce1
    Patch

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16285a0931869baa618b1f5d304e1e9d090470a8
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/81a635b6eccd6fc889f6d07ab9583b705f739ce1
    Patch