CVE-2025-39686
Published: Sep 5, 2025
Modified: May 12, 2026
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: comedi: Make insn_rw_emulate_bits() do insn->n samples The `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` function is used as a default handler for `INSN_READ` instructions for subdevices that have a handler for `INSN_BITS` but not for `INSN_READ`. Similarly, it is used as a default handler for `INSN_WRITE` instructions for subdevices that have a handler for `INSN_BITS` but not for `INSN_WRITE`. It works by emulating the `INSN_READ` or `INSN_WRITE` instruction handling with a constructed `INSN_BITS` instruction. However, `INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` instructions are supposed to be able read or write multiple samples, indicated by the `insn->n` value, but `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` currently only handles a single sample. For `INSN_READ`, the comedi core will copy `insn->n` samples back to user-space. (That triggered KASAN kernel-infoleak errors when `insn->n` was greater than 1, but that is being fixed more generally elsewhere in the comedi core.) Make `insn_rw_emulate_bits()` either handle `insn->n` samples, or return an error, to conform to the general expectation for `INSN_READ` and `INSN_WRITE` handlers.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
Linux | Linux | affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 - < ab77e85bd3bc006ef40738f26f446a660813da44affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 - < ae8bc1f07bcb31b8636420e03d1f9c3df6219a2baffected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 - < 842f307a1d115b24f2bcb2415c4e344f11f55930affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 - < 92352ed2f9ac422181e381c2430c2d0dfb46faa0affected ed9eccbe8970f6eedc1b978c157caf1251a896d4 - < dc0a2f142d655700db43de90cb6abf141b73d908+1 more versions |
Linux | Linux | affected 2.6.29unaffected 0 - < 2.6.29unaffected 5.15.190 - <= 5.15.*unaffected 6.1.149 - <= 6.1.*unaffected 6.6.103 - <= 6.6.*+3 more versions |
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