Race condition in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-37985
Published: May 21, 2025 / Updated: May 21, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU109559
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-37985
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.
The vulnerability exists due to a race condition within the pidff_reset() function in drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-pidff.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-37985
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/217fe1fc7d112595a793e02b306710e702eac492
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/52ae15c665b5fe5876655aaccc3ef70560b0e314
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54f7f8978af19f899dec80bcc71c8d4855dfbd72
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b02a3fef3e8c8fe5a0a266f7a14f38cc608fb167
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c1846ed4eb527bdfe6b3b7dd2c78e2af4bf98f4f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e3c9adc69357fcbe6253a2bc2588ee4bbaaedbe9
- https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v6.x/ChangeLog-6.14.5