Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38016
Published: June 20, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU111658
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38016
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to resource management error within the dispatch_hid_bpf_device_event(), dispatch_hid_bpf_raw_requests() and dispatch_hid_bpf_output_report() functions in drivers/hid/bpf/hid_bpf_dispatch.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Affected software
Linux kernel
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
Ubuntu
linux (Ubuntu package)
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38016
Install update from vendor's repository.
linux (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-28.28, 6.14.0-1010.10~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1011.11, 6.14.0-1011.11~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1012.12~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1014.15, 6.14.0-1014.15~24.04.1
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-28.28~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1010.10
linux-hwe-6.14 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 6.14.0-28.28~24.04.1, 6.14.0-1010.10