CVE-2025-38494

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

28/07/2025

Last modified:

26/01/2026

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.15 (including)	5.4.297 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.241 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.190 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.147 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.100 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.40 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.15.8 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc4::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc5::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc6::::::
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2025-38494

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools