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GHSA-9M7R-FQ3J-MFWQ

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-08-16 12:30 – Updated: 2026-01-07 21:31

Details

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Validate the size of the received input buffer

Add buffer_recv_size to store the size of the received bytes. Validate buffer_recv_size in send_usb_cmd().

Severity

7.8 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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CVE-2025-38548 (GCVE-0-2025-38548)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-08-16 11:34 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:30

Title

hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Validate the size of the received input buffer

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Validate the size of the received input buffer Add buffer_recv_size to store the size of the received bytes. Validate buffer_recv_size in send_usb_cmd().

Severity

No CVSS data available.

Assigner

Linux CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard D 53/100 over 7018 records in the last 180 days details

References

9 references

URL	Tags
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e6f4d9cfbda52700…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eb5cc48399f89b63…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db770e2922389753…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda5e38cc4dd2dcb4…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4bdc8a852e44608…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2771d2ee3d95700f3…
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/495a4f0dce9c8c447…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025…

Impacted products

2 products

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Linux	Linux	Affected: 5.9 Unaffected: 0 , < 5.9 (semver) Unaffected: 5.10.241 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver) Unaffected: 5.15.190 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.1.147 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.100 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.40 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.15.8 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)

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