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.
References
Configurations
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History
23 Dec 2025, 18:27
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/020eed5681d0f9bced73970368078a92d6cfaa9c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/13e4d9038a1e869445a996a3f604a84ef52fe8f4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46d8c744136ce2454aa4c35c138cc06817f92b8e - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/673ee92bd2d31055bca98a1d96b653f5284289c4 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6f38c6380c3b38a05032b8881e41137385a6ce02 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c42116dc70af6664526f7aa82cf937824ab42649 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3436638738ace8f101af7bdee2eae1bc38e9b29 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fe8713fb4e4e82a4f91910d9a41bf0613e69a0b9 - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory, Mailing List | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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Linux
Debian Debian debian Linux Linux linux Kernel |
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| CVSS |
v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| CWE | CWE-908 |
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-07-28 12:15
Updated : 2025-12-23 18:27
NVD link : CVE-2025-38478
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38478
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38478
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-908
Use of Uninitialized Resource
