CVE-2025-38495

CVE Details

Release Date:	2025-07-28
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID When the report ID is not used, the low level transport drivers expect the first byte to be 0. However, currently the allocated buffer not account for that extra byte, meaning that instead of having 8 guaranteed bytes for implement to be working, we only have 7.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v3 metrics

Base Score:	7.0
Vector String:	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Version:	3.1
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Privileges Required:	Low
User Interaction:	None
Scope:	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact:	High
Integrity Impact:	High
Availability Impact:	High

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 10 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20551	2025-09-08
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20632	2025-09-24
Oracle Linux version 7 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20645	2025-09-29
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20609	2025-09-22
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20632	2025-09-24
Oracle Linux version 8 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20645	2025-09-29
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20551	2025-09-08
Oracle Linux version 9 (kernel-uek)	ELSA-2025-20609	2025-09-22