Expected Behavior Violation Affecting kernel-modules-extra package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (7th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL9-KERNELMODULESEXTRA-12020165
  • published19 Aug 2025
  • disclosed16 Aug 2025

Introduced: 16 Aug 2025

NewCVE-2025-38540  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-440  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:9 kernel-modules-extra.

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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

HID: quirks: Add quirk for 2 Chicony Electronics HP 5MP Cameras

The Chicony Electronics HP 5MP Cameras (USB ID 04F2:B824 & 04F2:B82C) report a HID sensor interface that is not actually implemented. Attempting to access this non-functional sensor via iio_info causes system hangs as runtime PM tries to wake up an unresponsive sensor.

Add these 2 devices to the HID ignore list since the sensor interface is non-functional by design and should not be exposed to userspace.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1