5.5

CVE-2025-38480

comedi: Fix use of uninitialized data in insn_rw_emulate_bits()

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

comedi: Fix use of uninitialized data in insn_rw_emulate_bits()

For Comedi `INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions on "digital"
subdevices (subdevice types `COMEDI_SUBD_DI`, `COMEDI_SUBD_DO`, and
`COMEDI_SUBD_DIO`), it is common for the subdevice driver not to have
`insn_read` and `insn_write` handler functions, but to have an
`insn_bits` handler function for handling Comedi `INSN_BITS`
instructions.  In that case, the subdevice's `insn_read` and/or
`insn_write` function handler pointers are set to point to the
`insn_rw_emulate_bits()` function by `__comedi_device_postconfig()`.

For `INSN_WRITE`, `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` currently assumes that the
supplied `data[0]` value is a valid copy from user memory.  It will at
least exist because `do_insnlist_ioctl()` and `do_insn_ioctl()` in
"comedi_fops.c" ensure at lease `MIN_SAMPLES` (16) elements are
allocated.  However, if `insn->n` is 0 (which is allowable for
`INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions, then `data[0]` may contain
uninitialized data, and certainly contains invalid data, possibly from a
different instruction in the array of instructions handled by
`do_insnlist_ioctl()`.  This will result in an incorrect value being
written to the digital output channel (or to the digital input/output
channel if configured as an output), and may be reflected in the
internal saved state of the channel.

Fix it by returning 0 early if `insn->n` is 0, before reaching the code
that accesses `data[0]`.  Previously, the function always returned 1 on
success, but it is supposed to be the number of data samples actually
read or written up to `insn->n`, which is 0 in this case.
Daten sind bereitgestellt durch National Vulnerability Database (NVD)
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 2.6.29 < 5.4.297
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.5 < 5.10.241
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.11 < 5.15.190
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 5.16 < 6.1.147
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.2 < 6.6.100
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.7 < 6.12.40
LinuxLinux Kernel Version >= 6.13 < 6.15.8
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc1
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc2
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc3
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc4
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc5
LinuxLinux Kernel Version6.16 Updaterc6
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EPSS Metriken
Typ Quelle Score Percentile
EPSS FIRST.org 0.16% 0.053
CVSS Metriken
Quelle Base Score Exploit Score Impact Score Vector String
nvd@nist.gov 5.5 1.8 3.6
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE-908 Use of Uninitialized Resource

The product uses or accesses a resource that has not been initialized.

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3050d197d6bc9ef128944a70210f42d2430b3000
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/10f9024a8c824a41827fff1fefefb314c98e2c88
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/2af1e7d389c2619219171d23f5b96dbcbb7f9656
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3ab55ffaaf75d0c7b68e332c1cdcc1b0e0044870
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e9cb26291d009243a4478a7ffb37b3a9175bfce9
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/16256d7efcf7acc9f39abe21522c4c6b77f67c00
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2981bf30401adfcdbfece4ab6f411f7c5875a1
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c53570e62b5b28bdb56bb563190227f8307817a5
Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
Third Party Advisory