comedi: Fix use of uninitialized data in insn_rw_emulate_bits() (Linux Linux)

CVE-2025-38480
MEDIUM 5.5

At a glance

Source
NVD
EPSS
EPSS 0.19 % · percentile 9 ()
State
PUBLISHED
Published
Updated
Assigner
Linux
NVD status
Analyzed

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Fix use of uninitialized data in insn_rw_emulate_bits() For Comedi `INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions on "digital" subdevices (subdevice types `COMEDI_SUBD_DI`, `COMEDI_SUBD_DO`, and `COMEDI_SUBD_DIO`), it is common for the subdevice driver not to have `insn_read` and `insn_write` handler functions, but to have an `insn_bits` handler function for handling Comedi `INSN_BITS` instructions. In that case, the subdevice's `insn_read` and/or `insn_write` function handler pointers are set to point to the `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` function by `__comedi_device_postconfig()`. For `INSN_WRITE`, `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` currently assumes that the supplied `data[0]` value is a valid copy from user memory. It will at least exist because `do_insnlist_ioctl()` and `do_insn_ioctl()` in "comedi_fops.c" ensure at lease `MIN_SAMPLES` (16) elements are allocated. However, if `insn->n` is 0 (which is allowable for `INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions, then `data[0]` may contain uninitialized data, and certainly contains invalid data, possibly from a different instruction in the array of instructions handled by `do_insnlist_ioctl()`. This will result in an incorrect value being written to the digital output channel (or to the digital input/output channel if configured as an output), and may be reflected in the internal saved state of the channel. Fix it by returning 0 early if `insn->n` is 0, before reaching the code that accesses `data[0]`. Previously, the function always returned 1 on success, but it is supposed to be the number of data samples actually read or written up to `insn->n`, which is 0 in this case.

Weaknesses (CWE)

  • CWE-908 — Use of Uninitialized Resource

References

Scores

VersionScoreVectorScored by
CVSS 3.1MEDIUM 5.5CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HNVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary)

European references

CERT-FR advisories

Affected configurations (NVD CPE)

Affected products

ProductVersions
Linux · Linuxaffected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 4c2981bf30401adfcdbfece4ab6f411f7c5875a1 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 16256d7efcf7acc9f39abe21522c4c6b77f67c00 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < c53570e62b5b28bdb56bb563190227f8307817a5 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 3050d197d6bc9ef128944a70210f42d2430b3000 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 10f9024a8c824a41827fff1fefefb314c98e2c88 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 2af1e7d389c2619219171d23f5b96dbcbb7f9656
Linux · Linuxaffected 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

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CERT-FR (ANSSI)Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0
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