Input: imx_sc_key - fix memory corruption on unload
Priority LOW 33Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- Fixed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · CNA. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Input: imx_sc_key - fix memory corruption on unload This is supposed to be "priv" but we accidentally pass "&priv" which is an address in the stack and so it will lead to memory corruption when the imx_sc_key_action() function is called. Remove the &.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00154 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Fixed Linux (Linux): 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159 +4
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
- Fix · CNA Linux (Linux) Fixed in 5.10.247, 5.15.197, 6.1.159, 6.6.118, 6.12.60, 6.17.10, 6.18
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
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-2025-40262
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-2m33-w232-qf59
- 2026-11-07 Affected versions changed · Red Hat
References
Other 7
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e96803b169dc948847f0fc2bae729a80914eb7b
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4ce5218b101205b3425099fe3df88a61b58f9cc2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a155292c3ce722036014da5477ee0e4c87b5e6b3
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ca9a08de9b294422376f47ade323d69590dbc6f2
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/56881294915a6e866d31a46f9bcb5e19167cfbaa
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6524a15d33951b18ac408ebbcb9c16e14e21c336
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d83f1512758f4ef6fc5e83219fe7eeeb6b428ea4
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Sources
- CVE-2025-40262 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-40262 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-2m33-w232-qf59 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-40262 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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