xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk
Priority LOW 22Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
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- Privileges required
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- User interaction
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- Attack complexity
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- Impact type
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- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
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- Fix status
- Fixed
No CVSS vector from any source. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk A malicious user could pass an arbitrarily bad value to memdup_user_nul(), potentially causing kernel crash. This follows the same pattern as commit ee76746387f6 ("netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()")
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00203 10th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 6.1.157, 6.6.113, 6.12.54 +2
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 6.1.157, 6.6.113, 6.12.54, 6.17.4, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Not affected: 5 products
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-40193
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j56r-hrh7-8349
References
Other 5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f40405ccfb87b71175f2d5d004c0b8a0aebcc2cf
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/151bd88859474cdaccc1e4c8b21fbf72dbba2ab4
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d381de7fd4cdc928ede96987dc64b133e6480dd6
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a0c2c36d864ef3676b05cfd8c58b72ee3214cb1a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5d5f08fd0cd970184376bee07d59f635c8403f63
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40193 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40193 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j56r-hrh7-8349 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40193 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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