Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 28, 2025· Updated Jan 2, 2026
HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID
CVE-2025-38495
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: core: ensure the allocated report buffer can contain the reserved report ID
When the report ID is not used, the low level transport drivers expect the first byte to be 0. However, currently the allocated buffer not account for that extra byte, meaning that instead of having 8 guaranteed bytes for implement to be working, we only have 7.
Affected products
2- Linux/Linuxv5Range: 3.15
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.
References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/4f15ee98304b96e164ff2340e1dfd6181c3f42aamitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7228e36c7875e4b035374cf68ca5e44dffa596b2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7fa83d0043370003e9a0b46ab7ae8f53b00fab06mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/9f2892f7233a8f1320fe671d0f95f122191bfbcdmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a262370f385e53ff7470efdcdaf40468e5756717mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/a47d9d9895bad9ce0e840a39836f19ca0b2a343amitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/d3ed1d84a84538a39b3eb2055d6a97a936c108f2mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/fcda39a9c5b834346088c14b1374336b079466c1mitre
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