CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-38679

HighCVSS 7.3
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.15%

5th percentile - higher than 5% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the venus (media) driver in the Linux kernel, a vulnerability allows out-of-bounds (OOB) read in event_seq_changed() due to missing payload size validation against message length.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to cause a system crash (DoS) or potentially leak information by providing malicious firmware with an excessive number of properties.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that adds validation of the remaining payload size before each property access to ensure safe parsing bounds.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: media: venus: Fix OOB read due to missing payload bound check Currently, The event_seq_changed() handler processes a variable number of properties sent by the firmware. The number of properties is indicated by the firmware and used to iterate over the payload. However, the payload size is not being validated against the actual message length. This can lead to out-of-bounds memory access if the firmware provides a property count that exceeds the data available in the payload. Such a condition can result in kernel crashes or potential information leaks if memory beyond the buffer is accessed. Fix this by properly validating the remaining size of the payload before each property access and updating bounds accordingly as properties are parsed. This ensures that property parsing is safely bounded within the received message buffer and protects against malformed or malicious firmware behavior.

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