CVE-2025-21738

ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: February 27, 2025 at 02:12 AM UTC
Updated: October 15, 2026 at 02:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ata: libata-sff: Ensure that we cannot write outside the allocated buffer reveliofuzzing reported that a SCSI_IOCTL_SEND_COMMAND ioctl with out_len set to 0xd42, SCSI command set to ATA_16 PASS-THROUGH, ATA command set to ATA_NOP, and protocol set to ATA_PROT_PIO, can cause ata_pio_sector() to write outside the allocated buffer, overwriting random memory. While a ATA device is supposed to abort a ATA_NOP command, there does seem to be a bug either in libata-sff or QEMU, where either this status is not set, or the status is cleared before read by ata_sff_hsm_move(). Anyway, that is most likely a separate bug. Looking at __atapi_pio_bytes(), it already has a safety check to ensure that __atapi_pio_bytes() cannot write outside the allocated buffer. Add a similar check to ata_pio_sector(), such that also ata_pio_sector() cannot write outside the allocated buffer.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 6.1.1296.13 ≤ v < 6.13.36.2 ≤ v < 6.6.786.7 ≤ v < 6.12.142.6.225a5dbd18a7496ed403f6f54bb20c955c65482fa5
Vendor states this is fixed in 0a17a9944b8d89ef03946121241870ac53ddaf45 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 0dd5aade301a10f4b329fa7454fdcc2518741902 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6e74e53b34b6dec5a50e1404e2680852ec6768d2 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in a8f8cf87059ed1905c2a5c72f8b39a4f57b11b4c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in d5e6e3000309359eae2a17117aa6e3c44897bf6c (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 2.6.22 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.1.129 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13.3 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.14 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.78 (unaffected)

References (7)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0a17a9944b8d89ef03946121241870ac53ddaf45
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0dd5aade301a10f4b329fa7454fdcc2518741902
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6e74e53b34b6dec5a50e1404e2680852ec6768d2
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/a8f8cf87059ed1905c2a5c72f8b39a4f57b11b4c
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/d5e6e3000309359eae2a17117aa6e3c44897bf6c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/03/msg00028.html
Source: 0b142b55-0307-4c5a-b3c9-f314f3fb7c5e
https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/html/ssa-784472.html

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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