HighFix available
HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request
Type: advisorySources: OSV
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.
- Products
- Kernel
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.147, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.6.100
- CVEs
- CVE-2025-38494
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 2 Nov 2026, 19:46 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request
core-osv · Original sourcePublished 28 Jul 2025, 11:22 UTC
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.
osv:CVE-2025-38494
Kernel
Fixed versions: 5.4.297, 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 6.1.147, 6.6.100, 6.12.40, 6.15.8
Complete source record
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