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.
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History
07 Jan 2026, 16:24
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08ae4b20f5e82101d77326ecab9089e110f224cc - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/454d732dfd0aef7d7aa950c409215ca06d717e93 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/69dc06b9514522de532e997a21d035cd29b0db44 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992d600f284e719242a434166e86c1999649b71c - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c68257588e87f45530235701a42496b7e9e56adb - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d3d9667443caafa804cd07940aeaef8e53aa90 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c73ce13f5b5a0fe0319f1f352ff602f0ace8e3 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3b8322cc8081d142ee4c1a43e1d702bdba1ed76 - Patch | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html - Third Party Advisory | |
| References | () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory | |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo | |
| 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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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
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| Summary |
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Information
Published : 2025-07-28 12:15
Updated : 2026-01-07 16:24
NVD link : CVE-2025-38481
Mitre link : CVE-2025-38481
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38481
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Products Affected
debian
- debian_linux
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
