CVE-2025-38481
comedi: Fail COMEDI_INSNLIST ioctl if n_insns is too large
MEDIUM 5.5
At a glance
- Source
- NVD
- EPSS
- EPSS 0.18 % · percentile 7 ()
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- Linux
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Fail COMEDI_INSNLIST ioctl if n_insns is too large The handling of the `COMEDI_INSNLIST` ioctl allocates a kernel buffer to hold the array of `struct comedi_insn`, getting the length from the `n_insns` member of the `struct comedi_insnlist` supplied by the user. The allocation will fail with a WARNING and a stack dump if it is too large. Avoid that by failing with an `-EINVAL` error if the supplied `n_insns` value is unreasonable. Define the limit on the `n_insns` value in the `MAX_INSNS` macro. Set this to the same value as `MAX_SAMPLES` (65536), which is the maximum allowed sum of the values of the member `n` in the array of `struct comedi_insn`, and sensible comedi instructions will have an `n` of at least 1.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/454d732dfd0aef7d7aa950c409215ca06d717e93
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68257588e87f45530235701a42496b7e9e56adb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69dc06b9514522de532e997a21d035cd29b0db44
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c73ce13f5b5a0fe0319f1f352ff602f0ace8e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d3d9667443caafa804cd07940aeaef8e53aa90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992d600f284e719242a434166e86c1999649b71c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3b8322cc8081d142ee4c1a43e1d702bdba1ed76
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08ae4b20f5e82101d77326ecab9089e110f224cc
- 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 | 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-2025-22882
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2025-38481
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 < 454d732dfd0aef7d7aa950c409215ca06d717e93 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < c68257588e87f45530235701a42496b7e9e56adb ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 69dc06b9514522de532e997a21d035cd29b0db44 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < d4c73ce13f5b5a0fe0319f1f352ff602f0ace8e3 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < c9d3d9667443caafa804cd07940aeaef8e53aa90 ; affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 < 992d600f284e719242a434166e86c1999649b71c |
| 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 |