SB2025072948 - Resource management error in Linux kernel comedi driver
Published: July 29, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2025072948
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Resource management error (CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38481)
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the check_insnlist_len(), comedi_unlocked_ioctl() and compat_insnlist() functions in drivers/comedi/comedi_fops.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/08ae4b20f5e82101d77326ecab9089e110f224cc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/992d600f284e719242a434166e86c1999649b71c
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9d3d9667443caafa804cd07940aeaef8e53aa90
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d4c73ce13f5b5a0fe0319f1f352ff602f0ace8e3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3b8322cc8081d142ee4c1a43e1d702bdba1ed76