CWE-125
AllowedOut-of-bounds Read
Abstraction: Base · Status: Draft
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
11809 vulnerabilities reference this CWE, most recent first.
GHSA-F35R-5XP5-9859
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-03-11 00:02 – Updated: 2022-03-17 00:01An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound.
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"CVE-2021-44269"
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-03-10T17:44:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "An out of bounds read was found in Wavpack 5.4.0 in processing *.WAV files. This issue triggered in function WavpackPackSamples of file src/pack_utils.c, tainted variable cnt is too large, that makes pointer sptr read beyond heap bound.",
"id": "GHSA-f35r-5xp5-9859",
"modified": "2022-03-17T00:01:43Z",
"published": "2022-03-11T00:02:27Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-44269"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/dbry/WavPack/issues/110"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/2CZUFTX3J4Y4OSRITG4PXCI7NRVFDYVQ"
},
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/A5B7L26LA6KGX7YH6SWD5CSBNWKV5MBO"
},
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"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CRZWZKEEABCLVXZEXQZBIT3ZKLIXVFF5"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/I54NXQZELBF42OL4KQZJJRAYZX7IPZXP"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/SQKOOJRI2VAPYS3652HVDXON723HTXBP"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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}
GHSA-F377-557W-VJGV
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2026-03-19 21:30 – Updated: 2026-03-19 21:30Out-of-bounds read in ALPN parsing due to incomplete validation. wolfSSL 5.8.4 and earlier contained an out-of-bounds read in ALPN handling when built with ALPN enabled (HAVE_ALPN / --enable-alpn). A crafted ALPN protocol list could trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a potential process crash (denial of service). Note that ALPN is disabled by default, but is enabled for these 3rd party compatibility features: enable-apachehttpd, enable-bind, enable-curl, enable-haproxy, enable-hitch, enable-lighty, enable-jni, enable-nginx, enable-quic.
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"CVE-2026-3547"
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"nvd_published_at": "2026-03-19T21:17:12Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Out-of-bounds read in ALPN parsing due to incomplete validation. wolfSSL 5.8.4 and earlier contained an out-of-bounds read in ALPN handling when built with ALPN enabled (HAVE_ALPN / --enable-alpn). A crafted ALPN protocol list could trigger an out-of-bounds read, leading to a potential process crash (denial of service). Note that ALPN is disabled by default, but is enabled for these 3rd party compatibility features: enable-apachehttpd, enable-bind, enable-curl, enable-haproxy, enable-hitch, enable-lighty, enable-jni, enable-nginx, enable-quic.",
"id": "GHSA-f377-557w-vjgv",
"modified": "2026-03-19T21:30:25Z",
"published": "2026-03-19T21:30:25Z",
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/wolfSSL/wolfssl/pull/9859"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-F37W-R3P7-9H7Q
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-02-19 00:01 – Updated: 2022-03-01 00:00This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Bentley View 10.15.0.75. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JP2 images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15462.
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"CVE-2021-46632"
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"nvd_published_at": "2022-02-18T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on affected installations of Bentley View 10.15.0.75. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of JP2 images. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this in conjunction with other vulnerabilities to execute arbitrary code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-15462.",
"id": "GHSA-f37w-r3p7-9h7q",
"modified": "2022-03-01T00:00:58Z",
"published": "2022-02-19T00:01:08Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-46632"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.bentley.com/en/common-vulnerability-exposure/BE-2021-0008"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-22-219"
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"severity": []
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GHSA-F383-F5F2-Q8F3
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-17 00:15 – Updated: 2022-05-17 00:15An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability occurs because of a computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer; the computation is a part of the JavaScript engine. The use of an invalid (out-of-range) pointer offset during access of internal data structure fields causes the vulnerability. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.
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"CVE-2017-16370"
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"nvd_published_at": "2017-12-09T06:29:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "An issue was discovered in Adobe Acrobat and Reader: 2017.012.20098 and earlier versions, 2017.011.30066 and earlier versions, 2015.006.30355 and earlier versions, and 11.0.22 and earlier versions. This vulnerability occurs because of a computation that reads data that is past the end of the target buffer; the computation is a part of the JavaScript engine. The use of an invalid (out-of-range) pointer offset during access of internal data structure fields causes the vulnerability. A successful attack can lead to sensitive data exposure.",
"id": "GHSA-f383-f5f2-q8f3",
"modified": "2022-05-17T00:15:01Z",
"published": "2022-05-17T00:15:01Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16370"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/acrobat/apsb17-36.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102140"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039791"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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GHSA-F38X-W8PX-9PCX
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-11-11 18:30 – Updated: 2025-11-11 18:30Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.
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"CVE-2025-62202"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-11-11T18:15:43Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "Out-of-bounds read in Microsoft Office Excel allows an unauthorized attacker to disclose information locally.",
"id": "GHSA-f38x-w8px-9pcx",
"modified": "2025-11-11T18:30:22Z",
"published": "2025-11-11T18:30:22Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-62202"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2025-62202"
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"schema_version": "1.4.0",
"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3C2-5V72-7M7F
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-05-14 03:59 – Updated: 2022-05-14 03:59gd_interpolation.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.1.1, as used in PHP before 5.5.36, 5.6.x before 5.6.22, and 7.x before 7.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image that is mishandled by the imagescale function.
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"affected": [],
"aliases": [
"CVE-2013-7456"
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"nvd_published_at": "2016-08-07T10:59:00Z",
"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "gd_interpolation.c in the GD Graphics Library (aka libgd) before 2.1.1, as used in PHP before 5.5.36, 5.6.x before 5.6.22, and 7.x before 7.0.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted image that is mishandled by the imagescale function.",
"id": "GHSA-f3c2-5v72-7m7f",
"modified": "2022-05-14T03:59:59Z",
"published": "2022-05-14T03:59:59Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7456"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://github.com/libgd/libgd/commit/4f65a3e4eedaffa1efcf9ee1eb08f0b504fbc31a"
},
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"url": "https://github.com/php/php-src/commit/7a1aac3343af85b4af4df5f8844946eaa27394ab?w=1"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=72227"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05240731"
},
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"url": "http://php.net/ChangeLog-5.php"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://php.net/ChangeLog-7.php"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2750.html"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3587"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3602"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/26/3"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90859"
},
{
"type": "WEB",
"url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3030-1"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3C2-QJQV-XWX2
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-03-04 06:30 – Updated: 2025-03-04 06:30in OpenHarmony v5.0.2 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause DOS through out-of-bounds read.
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"CVE-2025-20021"
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"nvd_published_at": "2025-03-04T04:15:12Z",
"severity": "LOW"
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"details": "in OpenHarmony v5.0.2 and prior versions allow a local attacker cause DOS through out-of-bounds read.",
"id": "GHSA-f3c2-qjqv-xwx2",
"modified": "2025-03-04T06:30:33Z",
"published": "2025-03-04T06:30:33Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-20021"
},
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://gitee.com/openharmony/security/blob/master/zh/security-disclosure/2025/2025-03.md"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
}
]
}
GHSA-F3CQ-G675-WJHP
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2022-11-19 00:30 – Updated: 2022-11-28 21:30NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.
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"severity": "HIGH"
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"details": "NVIDIA GPU Display Driver for Windows contains a vulnerability in the kernel mode layer (nvlddmkm.sys) handler for DxgkDdiEscape, where a local user with basic capabilities can cause an out-of-bounds read, which may lead to a system crash or a leak of internal kernel information.",
"id": "GHSA-f3cq-g675-wjhp",
"modified": "2022-11-28T21:30:22Z",
"published": "2022-11-19T00:30:54Z",
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"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-31612"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/5383"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
"type": "CVSS_V3"
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]
}
GHSA-F3F4-GQCH-H8HJ
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-03-28 21:30 – Updated: 2023-03-28 21:30Adobe Dimension versions 3.4.7 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.
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"aliases": [
"CVE-2023-26348"
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"nvd_published_at": "2023-03-28T20:15:00Z",
"severity": "MODERATE"
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"details": "Adobe Dimension versions 3.4.7 (and earlier) is affected by an out-of-bounds read vulnerability that could lead to disclosure of sensitive memory. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to bypass mitigations such as ASLR. Exploitation of this issue requires user interaction in that a victim must open a malicious file.",
"id": "GHSA-f3f4-gqch-h8hj",
"modified": "2023-03-28T21:30:17Z",
"published": "2023-03-28T21:30:17Z",
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-26348"
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"type": "WEB",
"url": "https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/dimension/apsb23-20.html"
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
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GHSA-F3FM-XFJV-XM82
Vulnerability from github – Published: 2025-07-04 15:31 – Updated: 2025-11-18 18:32In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
can: kvaser_pciefd: refine error prone echo_skb_max handling logic
echo_skb_max should define the supported upper limit of echo_skb[] allocated inside the netdevice's priv. The corresponding size value provided by this driver to alloc_candev() is KVASER_PCIEFD_CAN_TX_MAX_COUNT which is 17.
But later echo_skb_max is rounded up to the nearest power of two (for the max case, that would be 32) and the tx/ack indices calculated further during tx/rx may exceed the upper array boundary. Kasan reported this for the ack case inside kvaser_pciefd_handle_ack_packet(), though the xmit function has actually caught the same thing earlier.
BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kvaser_pciefd_handle_ack_packet+0x2d7/0x92a drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1528 Read of size 8 at addr ffff888105e4f078 by task swapper/4/0
CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 6.15.0 #12 PREEMPT(voluntary) Call Trace: dump_stack_lvl lib/dump_stack.c:122 print_report mm/kasan/report.c:521 kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:634 kvaser_pciefd_handle_ack_packet drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1528 kvaser_pciefd_read_packet drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1605 kvaser_pciefd_read_buffer drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1656 kvaser_pciefd_receive_irq drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1684 kvaser_pciefd_irq_handler drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1733 __handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:158 handle_irq_event kernel/irq/handle.c:210 handle_edge_irq kernel/irq/chip.c:833 __common_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:296 common_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:286
Tx max count definitely matters for kvaser_pciefd_tx_avail(), but for seq numbers' generation that's not the case - we're free to calculate them as would be more convenient, not taking tx max count into account. The only downside is that the size of echo_skb[] should correspond to the max seq number (not tx max count), so in some situations a bit more memory would be consumed than could be.
Thus make the size of the underlying echo_skb[] sufficient for the rounded max tx value.
Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.
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"details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\ncan: kvaser_pciefd: refine error prone echo_skb_max handling logic\n\necho_skb_max should define the supported upper limit of echo_skb[]\nallocated inside the netdevice\u0027s priv. The corresponding size value\nprovided by this driver to alloc_candev() is KVASER_PCIEFD_CAN_TX_MAX_COUNT\nwhich is 17.\n\nBut later echo_skb_max is rounded up to the nearest power of two (for the\nmax case, that would be 32) and the tx/ack indices calculated further\nduring tx/rx may exceed the upper array boundary. Kasan reported this for\nthe ack case inside kvaser_pciefd_handle_ack_packet(), though the xmit\nfunction has actually caught the same thing earlier.\n\n BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in kvaser_pciefd_handle_ack_packet+0x2d7/0x92a drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1528\n Read of size 8 at addr ffff888105e4f078 by task swapper/4/0\n\n CPU: 4 UID: 0 PID: 0 Comm: swapper/4 Not tainted 6.15.0 #12 PREEMPT(voluntary)\n Call Trace:\n \u003cIRQ\u003e\n dump_stack_lvl lib/dump_stack.c:122\n print_report mm/kasan/report.c:521\n kasan_report mm/kasan/report.c:634\n kvaser_pciefd_handle_ack_packet drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1528\n kvaser_pciefd_read_packet drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1605\n kvaser_pciefd_read_buffer drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1656\n kvaser_pciefd_receive_irq drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1684\n kvaser_pciefd_irq_handler drivers/net/can/kvaser_pciefd.c:1733\n __handle_irq_event_percpu kernel/irq/handle.c:158\n handle_irq_event kernel/irq/handle.c:210\n handle_edge_irq kernel/irq/chip.c:833\n __common_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:296\n common_interrupt arch/x86/kernel/irq.c:286\n \u003c/IRQ\u003e\n\nTx max count definitely matters for kvaser_pciefd_tx_avail(), but for seq\nnumbers\u0027 generation that\u0027s not the case - we\u0027re free to calculate them as\nwould be more convenient, not taking tx max count into account. The only\ndownside is that the size of echo_skb[] should correspond to the max seq\nnumber (not tx max count), so in some situations a bit more memory would\nbe consumed than could be.\n\nThus make the size of the underlying echo_skb[] sufficient for the rounded\nmax tx value.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with Syzkaller.",
"id": "GHSA-f3fm-xfjv-xm82",
"modified": "2025-11-18T18:32:47Z",
"published": "2025-07-04T15:31:10Z",
"references": [
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"type": "ADVISORY",
"url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38224"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/54ec8b08216f3be2cc98b33633d3c8ea79749895"
},
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"url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a6550c9aa11e2f57f9cdaa6249cdd44d446be874"
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"severity": [
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"score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H",
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}
]
}
Mitigation MIT-5
Strategy: Input Validation
- Assume all input is malicious. Use an "accept known good" input validation strategy, i.e., use a list of acceptable inputs that strictly conform to specifications. Reject any input that does not strictly conform to specifications, or transform it into something that does.
- When performing input validation, consider all potentially relevant properties, including length, type of input, the full range of acceptable values, missing or extra inputs, syntax, consistency across related fields, and conformance to business rules. As an example of business rule logic, "boat" may be syntactically valid because it only contains alphanumeric characters, but it is not valid if the input is only expected to contain colors such as "red" or "blue."
- Do not rely exclusively on looking for malicious or malformed inputs. This is likely to miss at least one undesirable input, especially if the code's environment changes. This can give attackers enough room to bypass the intended validation. However, denylists can be useful for detecting potential attacks or determining which inputs are so malformed that they should be rejected outright.
- To reduce the likelihood of introducing an out-of-bounds read, ensure that you validate and ensure correct calculations for any length argument, buffer size calculation, or offset. Be especially careful of relying on a sentinel (i.e. special character such as NUL) in untrusted inputs.
Mitigation
Strategy: Language Selection
Use a language that provides appropriate memory abstractions.
CAPEC-540: Overread Buffers
An adversary attacks a target by providing input that causes an application to read beyond the boundary of a defined buffer. This typically occurs when a value influencing where to start or stop reading is set to reflect positions outside of the valid memory location of the buffer. This type of attack may result in exposure of sensitive information, a system crash, or arbitrary code execution.