ptp: ocp: Limit signal/freq counts in summary output functions
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: ocp: Limit signal/freq counts in summary output functions The debugfs summary output could access uninitialized elements in the freq_in[] and signal_out[] arrays, causing NULL pointer dereferences and triggering a kernel Oops (page_fault_oops). This patch adds u8 fields (nr_freq_in, nr_signal_out) to track the number of initialized elements, with a maximum of 4 per array. The summary output functions are updated to respect these limits, preventing out-of-bounds access and ensuring safe array handling. Widen the label variables because the change confuses GCC about max length of the strings.
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
04 / EVIDENCE
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In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ptp: ocp: Limit signal/freq counts in summary output functions The debugfs summary output could access uninitialized elements in the freq_in[] and signal_out[] arrays, causing NULL pointer dereferences and triggering a kernel Oops (page_fault_oops). This patch adds u8 fields (nr_freq_in, nr_signal_out) to track the number of initialized elements, with a maximum of 4 per array. The summary output functions are updated to respect these limits, preventing out-of-bounds access and ensuring safe array handling. Widen the label variables because the change confuses GCC about max length of the strings.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0b7d3e782027ac3b6fec56159e8e348042000aef
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c9e455581e2ba87ee38c126e8dc49a424b9df0cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcad74f894ac89790084cc2e1ec61b08220941d1
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38054.json
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38054