CVE-2025-38484 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-2025-38484

iio: backend: fix out-of-bound write

Vulnerability Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: backend: fix out-of-bound write The buffer is set to 80 character. If a caller write more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". But afterwards a string terminator is written to the buffer at offset count without boundary check. The zero termination is written OUT-OF-BOUND. Add a check that the given buffer is smaller then the buffer to prevent.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

Linux
Vulnerable Versions:
df3892e5e861c43d5612728ed259634675b8a71f, 035b4989211dc1c8626e186d655ae8ca5141bb73, 04271a4d2740f98bbe36f82cd3d74677a839d1eb, fd791c81f410ab1c554686a6f486dc7a176dfe35, 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15, 0, 6.12.40, 6.15.8, 6.16

Timeline

Official Publish: July 28th, 2025
Last Modified: May 23rd, 2026
Added to House: July 22nd, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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