CVE-2025-38478
comedi: Fix initialization of data for instructions that write to subdevice
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Weaknesses (CWE)
- CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f38c6380c3b38a05032b8881e41137385a6ce02
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e4d9038a1e869445a996a3f604a84ef52fe8f4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/020eed5681d0f9bced73970368078a92d6cfaa9c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3436638738ace8f101af7bdee2eae1bc38e9b29
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673ee92bd2d31055bca98a1d96b653f5284289c4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42116dc70af6664526f7aa82cf937824ab42649
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe8713fb4e4e82a4f91910d9a41bf0613e69a0b9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d8c744136ce2454aa4c35c138cc06817f92b8e
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | Linux |
| CVSS 3.1 | HIGH 7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | NVD · 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67 (Secondary) |
| CVSS 3.1 | MEDIUM 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2025-22884
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-38478
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0246 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0227 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0218 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits VMware · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0194 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-0169 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1135 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1075 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1073 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-1050 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux d'Ubuntu · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0894 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian LTS · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0759 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0745 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0723 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de SUSE · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2025-AVI-0698 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans le noyau Linux de Debian · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 2.6.29 < 5.4.297cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.5 < 5.10.241cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.11 < 5.15.190cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 5.16 < 6.1.147cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.2 < 6.6.100cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.7 < 6.12.40cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≥ 6.13 < 6.15.8cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| Linux · Linux | affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 6f38c6380c3b38a05032b8881e41137385a6ce02 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 13e4d9038a1e869445a996a3f604a84ef52fe8f4 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 020eed5681d0f9bced73970368078a92d6cfaa9c ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < d3436638738ace8f101af7bdee2eae1bc38e9b29 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 673ee92bd2d31055bca98a1d96b653f5284289c4 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < c42116dc70af6664526f7aa82cf937824ab42649 |
| Linux · Linux | affected 2.6.29 ; unaffected 0 < 2.6.29 ; unaffected 5.4.297 ≤ 5.4.* ; unaffected 5.10.241 ≤ 5.10.* ; unaffected 5.15.190 ≤ 5.15.* ; unaffected 6.1.147 ≤ 6.1.* |
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |