CVE-2025-38077: Debian Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store() If the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty string, the 'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with index 'length - 1' will result in a buffer overflow. Add a check for an empty string. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.

Affected products

• Debian Debian Linux: version 11.0 only
• Linux Linux Kernel: from 5.11, before 5.15.185 (fixed in 5.15.185); from 5.16, before 6.1.141 (fixed in 6.1.141); from 6.2, before 6.6.93 (fixed in 6.6.93); from 6.7, before 6.12.31 (fixed in 6.12.31); from 6.13, before 6.14.9 (fixed in 6.14.9); version 6.15 only

Published 2025-06-18. Last modified 2026-06-17.