CVE-2025-39684

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Fix use of uninitialized memory in do_insn_ioctl() and do_insnlist_ioctl() syzbot reports a KMSAN kernel-infoleak in `do_insn_ioctl()`. A kernel buffer is allocated to hold `insn->n` samples (each of which is an `unsigned int`). For some instruction types, `insn->n` samples are copied back to user-space, unless an error code is being returned. The problem is that not all the instruction handlers that need to return data to userspace fill in the whole `insn->n` samples, so that there is an information leak. There is a similar syzbot report for `do_insnlist_ioctl()`, although it does not have a reproducer for it at the time of writing. One culprit is `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` which is used as the handler for `INSN_READ` or `INSN_WRITE` instructions for subdevices that do not have a specific handler for that instruction, but do have an `INSN_BITS` handler. For `INSN_READ` it only fills in at most 1 sample, so if `insn->n` is greater than 1, the remaining `insn->n - 1` samples copied to userspace will be uninitialized kernel data. Another culprit is `vm80xx_ai_insn_read()` in the "vm80xx" driver. It never returns an error, even if it fails to fill the buffer. Fix it in `do_insn_ioctl()` and `do_insnlist_ioctl()` by making sure that uninitialized parts of the allocated buffer are zeroed before handling each instruction. Thanks to Arnaud Lecomte for their fix to `do_insn_ioctl()`. That fix replaced the call to `kmalloc_array()` with `kcalloc()`, but it is not always necessary to clear the whole buffer.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

08 Jan 2026, 15:17

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd212e895ca2d58963fdc6422502b10dd3966bb - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3cd212e895ca2d58963fdc6422502b10dd3966bb - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868a1b68dcd9f2805bb86aa64862402f785d8c4a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/868a1b68dcd9f2805bb86aa64862402f785d8c4a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aecf0d557ddd95ce68193a5ee1dc4c87415ff08a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/aecf0d557ddd95ce68193a5ee1dc4c87415ff08a - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d84f6e77ebe3359394df32ecd97e0d76a25283dc - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d84f6e77ebe3359394df32ecd97e0d76a25283dc - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b0c9ec54736f3b8118f93a473d22e11ee65743 - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f3b0c9ec54736f3b8118f93a473d22e11ee65743 - Patch
References () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff4a7c18799c7fe999fa56c5cf276e13866b8c1a - () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ff4a7c18799c7fe999fa56c5cf276e13866b8c1a - Patch
References () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html - Third Party Advisory
CWE CWE-908
First Time Linux
Debian
Debian debian Linux
Linux linux Kernel
CVSS v2 : unknown
v3 : unknown
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5

03 Nov 2025, 18:16

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • () https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html -

05 Sep 2025, 18:15

Type Values Removed Values Added
New CVE

Information

Published : 2025-09-05 18:15

Updated : 2026-01-08 15:17


NVD link : CVE-2025-39684

Mitre link : CVE-2025-39684

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-39684


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Products Affected

debian

  • debian_linux

linux

  • linux_kernel
CWE
CWE-908

Use of Uninitialized Resource