CVE-2025-38494

Name	CVE-2025-38494
Description	In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request hid_hw_raw_request() is actually useful to ensure the provided buffer and length are valid. Directly calling in the low level transport driver function bypassed those checks and allowed invalid paramto be used.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Debian ELTS, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-5973-1, DSA-5975-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
linux (PTS)	bullseye	5.10.223-1	vulnerable
	bullseye (security)	5.10.237-1	vulnerable
	bookworm	6.1.148-1	fixed
	bookworm (security)	6.1.147-1	fixed
	trixie	6.12.43-1	fixed
	trixie (security)	6.12.41-1	fixed
	forky, sid	6.16.7-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Origin
linux	source	bookworm	6.1.147-1	DSA-5973-1
linux	source	trixie	6.12.41-1	DSA-5975-1
linux	source	(unstable)	6.16.3-1

https://git.kernel.org/linus/c2ca42f190b6714d6c481dfd3d9b62ea091c946b (6.16-rc7)
https://github.com/xairy/kernel-exploits/tree/master/CVE-2025-38494