CVE-2025-38494
High
HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request
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.
Exploit probability
0.2%
Published
July 28, 2025
Required by
Not available
Last source change
August 12, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2025-38494
View original source
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.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e5017d84d650ca0eeaf4a3fe9264c5dbc886b81
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d1314d46c0d8a5c08ab53ddeb62280c77698c0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e25aa7e4e0f2440c73a683ee448e41c7c344ed
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a62a895edb2bfebffa865b5129a66e3b4287f34f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ca42f190b6714d6c481dfd3d9b62ea091c946b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18f63e848840100dbc351a82e7042eac5a28cf5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8e8314f2ce225dade5248dcfb9e2ac0edda624
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f10923b8d32a473b229477b63f23bbd72b1e9910
- https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38494.json
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38494