In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

iio: fix potential out-of-bound write

The buffer is set to 20 characters. If a caller write more characters,
count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer".
To protect from OoB access, check that the input size fit into buffer and
add a zero terminator after copy to the end of the copied data.
Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.


Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

History

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 11:00:00 +0000

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First Time appeared Linux
Linux linux Kernel
Vendors & Products Linux
Linux linux Kernel

Sat, 23 Aug 2025 00:15:00 +0000

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References
Metrics threat_severity

None

cvssV3_1

{'score': 5.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

threat_severity

Moderate


Fri, 22 Aug 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: fix potential out-of-bound write The buffer is set to 20 characters. If a caller write more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". To protect from OoB access, check that the input size fit into buffer and add a zero terminator after copy to the end of the copied data.
Title iio: fix potential out-of-bound write
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-08-22T16:02:58.865Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T04:51:24.031Z

Link: CVE-2025-38667

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-08-22T16:15:42.150

Modified: 2025-08-22T18:08:51.663

Link: CVE-2025-38667

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-08-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-38667 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-08-23T10:55:11Z