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

net/9p: Fix buffer overflow in USB transport layer

A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the USB 9pfs transport layer
where inconsistent size validation between packet header parsing and
actual data copying allows a malicious USB host to overflow heap buffers.

The issue occurs because:
- usb9pfs_rx_header() validates only the declared size in packet header
- usb9pfs_rx_complete() uses req->actual (actual received bytes) for
memcpy

This allows an attacker to craft packets with small declared size
(bypassing validation) but large actual payload (triggering overflow
in memcpy).

Add validation in usb9pfs_rx_complete() to ensure req->actual does not
exceed the buffer capacity before copying data.
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Fixes

Solution

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Workaround

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History

Mon, 01 Dec 2025 06:30:00 +0000

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CPEs cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tue, 21 Oct 2025 00:30:00 +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


Mon, 20 Oct 2025 13:30:00 +0000

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

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Description In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: net/9p: Fix buffer overflow in USB transport layer A buffer overflow vulnerability exists in the USB 9pfs transport layer where inconsistent size validation between packet header parsing and actual data copying allows a malicious USB host to overflow heap buffers. The issue occurs because: - usb9pfs_rx_header() validates only the declared size in packet header - usb9pfs_rx_complete() uses req->actual (actual received bytes) for memcpy This allows an attacker to craft packets with small declared size (bypassing validation) but large actual payload (triggering overflow in memcpy). Add validation in usb9pfs_rx_complete() to ensure req->actual does not exceed the buffer capacity before copying data.
Title net/9p: Fix buffer overflow in USB transport layer
References

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Linux

Published:

Updated: 2025-12-01T06:16:17.602Z

Reserved: 2025-04-16T07:20:57.151Z

Link: CVE-2025-40004

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Awaiting Analysis

Published: 2025-10-20T06:15:36.280

Modified: 2025-10-21T19:31:25.450

Link: CVE-2025-40004

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2025-10-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2025-40004 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

Updated: 2025-10-20T13:21:23Z