#VU112843 Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38283

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#VU112843 Input validation error in Linux kernel - CVE-2025-38283

Published: July 11, 2025


Vulnerability identifier: #VU112843
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-2025-38283
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Linux kernel
Software vendor:
Linux Foundation

Description

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

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the vf_qm_check_match(), vf_qm_load_data() and hisi_acc_vfio_pci_migrn_init_dev() functions in drivers/vfio/pci/hisilicon/hisi_acc_vfio_pci.c. A local user can perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's repository.

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