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CVE-2025-38077

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store() If the 'bu…

Impact

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store() If the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty string, the 'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with index 'length - 1' will result in a buffer overflow. Add a check for an empty string. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
LinuxLinux Kernel
from 5.11 before 5.15.185
from 5.16 before 6.1.141
from 6.2 before 6.6.93
from 6.7 before 6.12.31
from 6.13 before 6.14.9
Version 6.15
DebianDebian Linux
Version 11.0

Weakness classification

CWE-787

References