CVE-2025-38077

Name	CVE-2025-38077
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store() If the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty string, the 'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with index 'length - 1' will result in a buffer overflow. Add a check for an empty string. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	fixed
	bullseye (security)	5.10.237-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.137-1	vulnerable
	bookworm (security)	6.1.140-1	vulnerable
	trixie	6.12.35-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.31-1	vulnerable
	sid	6.12.37-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.32-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/4e89a4077490f52cde652d17e32519b666abf3a6 (6.15)