Buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38077
Published: June 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111636
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-2025-38077
CWE-ID: CWE-119
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 memory corruption within the current_password_store() function in drivers/platform/x86/dell/dell-wmi-sysman/passobj-attributes.c. A local user can escalate privileges on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38077
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e89a4077490f52cde652d17e32519b666abf3a6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60bd13f8c4b3de2c910ae1cdbef85b9bbc9685f5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8594a123cfa23d708582dc6fb36da34479ef8a5b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97066373ffd55bd9af0b512ff3dd1f647620a3dc
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86465626917df3b8bdd2756ec0cc9d179c5af0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb7cde625872709b8cedad9b241e0ec3d82fa7d3