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CVE-2025-38495 Detail

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID When the report ID is not used, the low level transport drivers expect the first byte to be 0. However, currently the allocated buffer not account for that extra byte, meaning that instead of having 8 guaranteed bytes for implement to be working, we only have 7.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f15ee98304b96e164ff2340e1dfd6181c3f42aa kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7228e36c7875e4b035374cf68ca5e44dffa596b2 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa83d0043370003e9a0b46ab7ae8f53b00fab06 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f2892f7233a8f1320fe671d0f95f122191bfbcd kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a262370f385e53ff7470efdcdaf40468e5756717 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a47d9d9895bad9ce0e840a39836f19ca0b2a343a kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ed1d84a84538a39b3eb2055d6a97a936c108f2 kernel.org
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcda39a9c5b834346088c14b1374336b079466c1 kernel.org

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source

Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2025-38495
NVD Published Date:
07/28/2025
NVD Last Modified:
08/28/2025
Source:
kernel.org