CVE-2025-21704
CVE.org · Published
- Record status
- Published
- Identifier year (not publication year)
- 2025
- Source publication
- Source updated
- Imported by cveboard
- Source snapshot
- cve_2026-10-24_midnight_baseline ·
CNA source text (English)
usb: cdc-acm: Check control transfer buffer size before access
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: usb: cdc-acm: Check control transfer buffer size before access If the first fragment is shorter than struct usb_cdc_notification, we can't calculate an expected_size. Log an error and discard the notification instead of reading lengths from memory outside the received data, which can lead to memory corruption when the expected_size decreases between fragments, causing `expected_size - acm->nb_index` to wrap. This issue has been present since the beginning of git history; however, it only leads to memory corruption since commit ea2583529cd1 ("cdc-acm: reassemble fragmented notifications"). A mitigating factor is that acm_ctrl_irq() can only execute after userspace has opened /dev/ttyACM*; but if ModemManager is running, ModemManager will do that automatically depending on the USB device's vendor/product IDs and its other interfaces.
Scoped product and version facts
Fix information unknown; no fixed version is derived here. Missing information does not prove that no fix exists.
Exploitation unknown; this catalogue does not assess exploitation.
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
unaffected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | a4e1ae5c0533964170197e4fb4f33bc8c1db5cd2 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 90dd2f1b7342b9a671a5ea4160f408037b92b118 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 871619c2b78fdfe05afb4e8ba548678687beb812 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 7828e9363ac4d23b02419bf2a45b9f1d9fb35646 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 6abb510251e75f875797d8983a830e6731fa281c | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | f64079bef6a8a7823358c3f352ea29a617844636 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | 383d516a0ebc8641372b521c8cb717f0f1834831 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 | affected | git | e563b01208f4d1f609bcab13333b6c0e24ce6a01 | Unavailable | None listed |
Linux
- Vendor
- Linux
- Product
- Linux
- Platforms
- Unknown
- Default status
affected
| Version (version) | Status (status) | Version scheme (versionType) | Exclusive end (lessThan) | Inclusive end (lessThanOrEqual) | Status changes (at → status) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6.12 | affected | Unavailable | Unavailable | Unavailable | None listed |
| 0 | unaffected | semver | 2.6.12 | Unavailable | None listed |
| 5.4.291 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.4.* | None listed |
| 5.10.235 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.10.* | None listed |
| 5.15.179 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 5.15.* | None listed |
| 6.1.129 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.1.* | None listed |
| 6.6.79 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.6.* | None listed |
| 6.12.16 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.12.* | None listed |
| 6.13.4 | unaffected | semver | Unavailable | 6.13.* | None listed |
| 6.14 | unaffected | original_commit_for_fix | Unavailable | * | None listed |