CVE-2025-40262 (GCVE-0-2025-40262)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-12-04 16:08 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
Input: imx_sc_key - fix memory corruption on unload
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
Input: imx_sc_key - fix memory corruption on unload
This is supposed to be "priv" but we accidentally pass "&priv" which is
an address in the stack and so it will lead to memory corruption when
the imx_sc_key_action() function is called. Remove the &.
Severity
7.8 (High)
Assigner
References
8 references
Impacted products
3 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < 3e96803b169dc948847f0fc2bae729a80914eb7b
(git)
Affected: 768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < 4ce5218b101205b3425099fe3df88a61b58f9cc2 (git) Affected: 768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < a155292c3ce722036014da5477ee0e4c87b5e6b3 (git) Affected: 768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < ca9a08de9b294422376f47ade323d69590dbc6f2 (git) Affected: 768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < 56881294915a6e866d31a46f9bcb5e19167cfbaa (git) Affected: 768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < 6524a15d33951b18ac408ebbcb9c16e14e21c336 (git) Affected: 768062fd1284529212daffd360314e9aa93abb62 , < d83f1512758f4ef6fc5e83219fe7eeeb6b428ea4 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
5.8
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.8 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.247 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.197 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.159 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.118 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.60 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17.10 , ≤ 6.17.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.18 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed | |
| Siemens | RUGGEDCOM RST2428P |
Affected:
0 , < V4.0
(custom)
|
guessed |
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model, served locally by ML-Gateway.
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The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
Browse all ATT&CK techniques and the vulnerabilities related to each.
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