Out-of-bounds read in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38226
Published: July 5, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU112295
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2025-38226
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to an out-of-bounds read error within the vivid_vid_cap_s_selection() function in drivers/media/test-drivers/vivid/vivid-vid-cap.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2025-38226
Install update from vendor's repository.
Sources
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00da1c767a6567e56f23dda586847586868ac064
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d89aa42534723400fefd46e26e053b9c382b4ee
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/635cea4f44c1ddae208666772c164eab5a6bce39
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89b5ab822bf69867c3951dd0eb34b0314c38966b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c56398885716d97ee9bcadb2bc9663a8c1757a34
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f6b1b0f8ba0b61d8b511df5649d57235f230c135
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f83ac8d30c43fd902af7c84c480f216157b60ef0