Out-of-bounds Write Affecting kernel-syms package, versions <6.12.0-160000.6.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.02% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES1600-KERNELSYMS-13935765
  • published13 Nov 2025
  • disclosed6 Nov 2025

Introduced: 6 Nov 2025

CVE-2025-38484  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:16.0.0 kernel-syms to version 6.12.0-160000.6.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream kernel-syms package and not the kernel-syms package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:16.0.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

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

iio: backend: fix out-of-bound write

The buffer is set to 80 character. If a caller write more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". But afterwards a string terminator is written to the buffer at offset count without boundary check. The zero termination is written OUT-OF-BOUND.

Add a check that the given buffer is smaller then the buffer to prevent.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1