CVE-2025-48638

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2025-12-08 · updated 2026-10-07
Weakness: CWE-787

Description

In __pkvm_load_tracing of trace.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Affected products

Android: all versions

References

https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/0429b7af308cf65c84109c08d06b01950dcd57fe
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/96ebe96170d67df5072afa2ce84622f5a0ff552a
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

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