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CVE-2025-38494: HID: core: do not bypass hid_hw_raw_request

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2025-07-28 · updated 2026-07-30

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 11.0
• Linux kernel: from 3.15 before 5.4.297; from 5.5 before 5.10.241; from 5.11 before 5.15.190; from 5.16 before 6.1.147; from 6.2 before 6.6.100; from 6.7 before 6.12.40 — fixed in 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.147, 6.12.40, 6.15.8

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Linux kernel 5.10.241, 5.15.190, 5.4.297, 6.1.147. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0e5017d84d650ca0eeaf4a3fe9264c5dbc886b81
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19d1314d46c0d8a5c08ab53ddeb62280c77698c0
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/40e25aa7e4e0f2440c73a683ee448e41c7c344ed
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a62a895edb2bfebffa865b5129a66e3b4287f34f
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c2ca42f190b6714d6c481dfd3d9b62ea091c946b
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d18f63e848840100dbc351a82e7042eac5a28cf5
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/dd8e8314f2ce225dade5248dcfb9e2ac0edda624
• https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f10923b8d32a473b229477b63f23bbd72b1e9910
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html

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