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gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write

Type: advisorySources: OSV

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". Check that the input size does not exceed the buffer size. Write a zero termination afterwards.

Products
Kernel
Affected versions
Not specified
Fixed versions
6.12.32, 6.14.10
CVEs
CVE-2025-38082
Confirmed fixed CVEs
Not specified
Updated in this feed
3 Nov 2026, 02:04 UTC · Revision 1

Source evidence

gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write

core-osv · Original source

Published 18 Jun 2025, 09:35 UTC

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". Check that the input size does not exceed the buffer size. Write a zero termination afterwards.

osv:CVE-2025-38082

Kernel

Fixed versions: 6.12.32, 6.14.10

Complete source record
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