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CVE-2025-38548hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Validate the size of the received input buffer
- 7.8HighCVSS base score
- 0.18%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 92% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (corsair-cpro) Validate the size of the received input buffer Add buffer_recv_size to store the size of the received bytes. Validate buffer_recv_size in send_usb_cmd().
Timeline
ID reserved
By Linux
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 9 months later
· 9 months later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.18% · top 92% of all CVEs (14 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Affected products
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < 2e6f4d9cfbda52700c126c5a2b93dd2042e8680c
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < 4eb5cc48399f89b63acdbfe912fa5c8fe2900147
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < 0db770e2922389753ddbd6663a5516a32b97b743
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < eda5e38cc4dd2dcb422840540374910ef2818494
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < 3c4bdc8a852e446080adc8ceb90ddd67a56e1bb8
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < 2771d2ee3d95700f34e1e4df6a445c90565cd4e9
- affected 40c3a445422579db8ad96c234dbe6c0ab3f6b936 – < 495a4f0dce9c8c4478c242209748f1ee9e4d5820
- affected 5.9
- unaffected < 5.9
- unaffected 5.10.241 – ≤ 5.10.*
- unaffected 5.15.190 – ≤ 5.15.*
- unaffected 6.1.147 – ≤ 6.1.*
- unaffected 6.6.100 – ≤ 6.6.*
- unaffected 6.12.40 – ≤ 6.12.*
- unaffected 6.15.8 – ≤ 6.15.*
- unaffected 6.16 – ≤ *
References
References9
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2e6f4d9cfbda52700c126c5a2b93dd2042e8680c (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4eb5cc48399f89b63acdbfe912fa5c8fe2900147 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0db770e2922389753ddbd6663a5516a32b97b743 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/eda5e38cc4dd2dcb422840540374910ef2818494 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3c4bdc8a852e446080adc8ceb90ddd67a56e1bb8 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2771d2ee3d95700f34e1e4df6a445c90565cd4e9 (opens in a new tab)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/495a4f0dce9c8c4478c242209748f1ee9e4d5820 (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html (opens in a new tab)
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html (opens in a new tab)
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2025-25100 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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