CVE-2025-38494 – Linux Kernel HID Raw Request Bypass Vulnerability

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2025-38494 vulnerability over time.

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of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may
impact the vulnerability’s severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • New CVE Received
    by 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67

    Jul. 28, 2025

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added 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.

    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e5017d84d650ca0eeaf4a3fe9264c5dbc886b81
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d1314d46c0d8a5c08ab53ddeb62280c77698c0
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a62a895edb2bfebffa865b5129a66e3b4287f34f
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ca42f190b6714d6c481dfd3d9b62ea091c946b
    Added Reference https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18f63e848840100dbc351a82e7042eac5a28cf5
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