CVE-2025-38380 Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions <0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on AlmaLinux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (11th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALMALINUX8-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-12015504
  • published19 Aug 2025
  • disclosed18 Aug 2025

Introduced: 18 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-38380  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade AlmaLinux:8 kernel-modules-extra to version 0:4.18.0-553.70.1.el8_10 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALSA-2025:13960.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-modules-extra package and not the kernel-modules-extra package as distributed by AlmaLinux. See How to fix? for AlmaLinux:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

i2c/designware: Fix an initialization issue

The i2c_dw_xfer_init() function requires msgs and msg_write_idx from the dev context to be initialized.

amd_i2c_dw_xfer_quirk() inits msgs and msgs_num, but not msg_write_idx.

This could allow an out of bounds access (of msgs).

Initialize msg_write_idx before calling i2c_dw_xfer_init().

CVSS Base Scores

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