CVE-2025-38142

Name	CVE-2025-38142
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]
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, ENISA, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-4328-1, DSA-5973-1

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)	5.10.244-1	fixed
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.153-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.48-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.16.12-2	fixed
linux-6.1 (PTS)	bullseye (security)	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bullseye	(not affected)
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.147-1	DSA-5973-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.12.35-1
linux-6.1	source	bullseye	6.1.153-1~deb11u1	DLA-4328-1

[bullseye] - linux <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://git.kernel.org/linus/25be318324563c63cbd9cb53186203a08d2f83a1 (6.16-rc1)