CVE-2025-38142
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) check sensor index in read_string() Prevent a potential invalid me…
Impact
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) check sensor index in read_string() Prevent a potential invalid memory access when the requested sensor is not found. find_ec_sensor_index() may return a negative value (e.g. -ENOENT), but its result was used without checking, which could lead to undefined behavior when passed to get_sensor_info(). Add a proper check to return -EINVAL if sensor_index is negative. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [groeck: Return error code returned from find_ec_sensor_index]
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux Kernel | from 5.18 before 6.1.142 from 6.2 before 6.6.94 from 6.7 before 6.12.34 from 6.13 before 6.15.3 |
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 11.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd9cde38dd4ca1771aed7afba623e7f4247c8e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25be318324563c63cbd9cb53186203a08d2f83a1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9e45746b861ebd54c03ef301da2cb8fc990536
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf529ce84dccc0074dbc704e70aee4aa545057e
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eeb3df6f07a886bdfd52757ede127a59a8784dc
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html