High severity · published Feb 22, 2025
CVE-2025-21704
usb: cdc-acm: Check control transfer buffer size before access
7.8
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
usb: cdc-acm: Check control transfer buffer size before access
If the first fragment is shorter than struct usb_cdc_notification, we can't
calculate an expected_size. Log an error and discard the notification
instead of reading lengths from memory outside the received data, which can
lead to memory corruption when the expected_size decreases between
fragments, causing `expected_size - acm->nb_index` to wrap.
This issue has been present since the beginning of git history; however,
it only leads to memory corruption since commit ea2583529cd1
("cdc-acm: reassemble fragmented notifications").
A mitigating factor is that acm_ctrl_irq() can only execute after userspace
has opened /dev/ttyACM*; but if ModemManager is running, ModemManager will
do that automatically depending on the USB device's vendor/product IDs and
its other interfaces.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 31% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KE
Kernel · Linux
2.6.13 before 5.4.291; 5.5 before 5.10.235; 5.11 before 5.15.179; 5.16 before 6.1.129; 6.2 before 6.6.79; 6.7 before 6.12.16; +8 more · source: NVD
LI
Linux · Linux
1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before a4e1ae5c0533964170197e4fb4f33bc8c1db5cd2; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 90dd2f1b7342b9a671a5ea4160f408037b92b118; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 871619c2b78fdfe05afb4e8ba548678687beb812; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 7828e9363ac4d23b02419bf2a45b9f1d9fb35646; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before 6abb510251e75f875797d8983a830e6731fa281c; 1da177e4c3f41524e886b7f1b8a0c1fc7321cac2 before f64079bef6a8a7823358c3f352ea29a617844636; +3 more · source: vendor
SS
SIMATIC S7-1500 TM MFP - GNU/Linux subsystem · Siemens
0; 0 · source: CISA
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-21704
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-21704
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/383d516a0ebc8641372b521c8cb717f0f1834831
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6abb510251e75f875797d8983a830e6731fa281c
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7828e9363ac4d23b02419bf2a45b9f1d9fb35646
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/871619c2b78fdfe05afb4e8ba548678687beb812
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/90dd2f1b7342b9a671a5ea4160f408037b92b118
Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a4e1ae5c0533964170197e4fb4f33bc8c1db5cd2
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