CVE-2025-38494 Affecting kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package, versions <1:6.1.147-172.266.amzn2023


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (9th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2023-KERNELDEBUGINFOCOMMONX8664-12762922
  • published16 Sept 2025
  • disclosed28 Jul 2025

Introduced: 28 Jul 2025

CVE-2025-38494  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2023 kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 to version 1:6.1.147-172.266.amzn2023 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2023-2025-1144.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package and not the kernel-debuginfo-common-x86_64 package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2023 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request

hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1