CVE-2025-38142

high

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) check sensor index in read_string() Prevent a potential invalid memory access when the requested sensor is not found. find_ec_sensor_index() may return a negative value (e.g. -ENOENT), but its result was used without checking, which could lead to undefined behavior when passed to get_sensor_info(). Add a proper check to return -EINVAL if sensor_index is negative. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE. [groeck: Return error code returned from find_ec_sensor_index]

References

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eeb3df6f07a886bdfd52757ede127a59a8784dc

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf529ce84dccc0074dbc704e70aee4aa545057e

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9e45746b861ebd54c03ef301da2cb8fc990536

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25be318324563c63cbd9cb53186203a08d2f83a1

https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd9cde38dd4ca1771aed7afba623e7f4247c8e

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2025-07-03

Updated: 2025-07-03

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00018