Out-of-Bounds Read in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-39806)
Summary
Vulnerability in Linux kernel (CVE-2025-39806). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
HID: multitouch: fix slab out-of-bounds access in mt_report_fixup()
A malicious HID device can trigger a slab out-of-bounds during
mt_report_fixup() by passing in report descriptor smaller than
607 bytes. mt_report_fixup() attempts to patch byte offset 607
of the descriptor with 0x25 by first checking if byte offset
607 is 0x15 however it lacks bounds checks to verify if the
descriptor is big enough before conducting this check. Fix
this bug by ensuring the descriptor size is at least 608
bytes before accessing it.
Below is the KASAN splat after the out of bounds access happens:
[ 13.671954] ==================================================================
[ 13.672667] BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in mt_report_fixup+0x103/0x110
[ 13.673297] Read of size 1 at addr ffff888103df39df by task kworker/0:1/10
[ 13.673297]
[ 13.673297] CPU: 0 UID: 0 PID: 10 Comm: kworker/0:1 Not tainted 6.15.0-00005-gec5d573d83f4-dirty #3
[ 13.673297] Hardware name: QEMU Standard PC (i440FX + PIIX, 1996), BIOS 1.16.2-debian-1.16.2-1 04/04
[ 13.673297] Call Trace:
[ 13.673297]
[ 13.673297] dump_stack_lvl+0x5f/0x80
[ 13.673297] print_report+0xd1/0x660
[ 13.673297] kasan_report+0xe5/0x120
[ 13.673297] __asan_report_load1_noabort+0x18/0x20
[ 13.673297] mt_report_fixup+0x103/0x110
[ 13.673297] hid_open_report+0x1ef/0x810
[ 13.673297] mt_probe+0x422/0x960
[ 13.673297] hid_device_probe+0x2e2/…
Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database NVD GitHub Advisory
Auto-generated summary
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2025-39806 has been found in Linux kernel.
Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover. CVSS score: 8.8/10.
What to do: apply the vendor's official patched release.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "Linux kernel CVE-2025-39806" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2025-39806 (Linux kernel) — CWE-125 / CVSS v3 8.8
Attack vector: adjacent-network / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
Out-of-bounds read (CWE-125) exists in Linux kernel.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of Linux kernel.
Severity: High (CVSS 8.8/10). Successful exploitation can lead to full system takeover.
Update to the patched release per vendor advisory.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Audit SBOM/dependencies to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
Audit SBOM/dependencies for affected components.資産台帳・SBOM・依存マニフェストで Linux kernel を使っているサービスとバージョンを洗い出す。
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2Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- BellSoft Alpaquita BELL-CVE-2025-39806 linux-lts Fixed in: 6.1.151-r0
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39806 linux Fixed in: 6.1.153-1
- Ubuntu UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39806 linux-hwe-edge
References
- advisory nvd.nist.gov
- advisory github.com
- package git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web git.kernel.org
- web lists.debian.org
- web cert-portal.siemens.com
- web github.com