CVE-2025-38068

Summary

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

crypto: lzo - Fix compression buffer overrun

Unlike the decompression code, the compression code in LZO never checked for output overruns. It instead assumes that the caller always provides enough buffer space, disregarding the buffer length provided by the caller.

Add a safe compression interface that checks for the end of buffer before each write. Use the safe interface in crypto/lzo.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
LinuxLinux64c70b1cf43de158282bc1675918d503e5b15cc1 < 4b173bb2c4665c23f8fcf5241c7b06dfa6b5b111affected
LinuxLinux64c70b1cf43de158282bc1675918d503e5b15cc1 < a98bd864e16f91c70b2469adf013d713d04d1d13affected
LinuxLinux64c70b1cf43de158282bc1675918d503e5b15cc1 < 0acdc4d6e679ba31d01e3e7e2e4124b76d6d8e2aaffected
LinuxLinux64c70b1cf43de158282bc1675918d503e5b15cc1 < 7caad075acb634a74911830d6386c50ea12566cdaffected
LinuxLinux64c70b1cf43de158282bc1675918d503e5b15cc1 < 167373d77c70c2b558aae3e327b115249bb2652caffected
LinuxLinux64c70b1cf43de158282bc1675918d503e5b15cc1 < cc47f07234f72cbd8e2c973cdbf2a6730660a463affected
LinuxLinux2.6.23affected
LinuxLinux0 < 2.6.23unaffected
LinuxLinux5.15.185 <= 5.15.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.1.141 <= 6.1.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.6.93 <= 6.6.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.12.31 <= 6.12.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.14.9 <= 6.14.*unaffected
LinuxLinux6.15 <= *unaffected

Weaknesses

ADP Enrichment

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