#VU113406 Resource management error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38481
Published: July 29, 2025
Vulnerability identifier: #VU113406
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: 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-2025-38481
CWE-ID: CWE-399
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation
Linux Foundation
Description
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 repository.
External links
- 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