Stack-based buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38649

 

Stack-based buffer overflow in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38649

Published: August 28, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU114542
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-2025-38649
CWE-ID: CWE-121
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Linux Foundation
Affected software:
Linux kernel

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to stack overflow within the arch/arm64/boot/dts/qcom/qcs615.dtsi. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2025-38649

Install update from vendor's repository.

Sources