Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

2025-06-18T09:33:51.986Z

Last Modified :

2025-11-03T17:33:44.963Z

Source :

Linux
AFFECTED PRODUCTS

The following products are affected by CVE-2025-38077 vulnerability.

Vendors Products
Debian
  • Debian Linux
Linux
  • Linux Kernel
REFERENCES

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information to CVE-2025-38077.

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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e89a4077490f52cde652d17e32519b666abf3a6 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60bd13f8c4b3de2c910ae1cdbef85b9bbc9685f5 cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8594a123cfa23d708582dc6fb36da34479ef8a5b cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/97066373ffd55bd9af0b512ff3dd1f647620a3dc cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f86465626917df3b8bdd2756ec0cc9d179c5af0f cve-icon cve-icon
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb7cde625872709b8cedad9b241e0ec3d82fa7d3 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html cve-icon
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025061840-CVE-2025-38077-f53e@gregkh/T cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38077 cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38077 cve-icon
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