CVE-2025-38585

staging: media: atomisp: Fix stack buffer overflow in gmin_get_var_int()

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: August 19, 2025 at 05:03 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: staging: media: atomisp: Fix stack buffer overflow in gmin_get_var_int() When gmin_get_config_var() calls efi.get_variable() and the EFI variable is larger than the expected buffer size, two behaviors combine to create a stack buffer overflow: 1. gmin_get_config_var() does not return the proper error code when efi.get_variable() fails. It returns the stale 'ret' value from earlier operations instead of indicating the EFI failure. 2. When efi.get_variable() returns EFI_BUFFER_TOO_SMALL, it updates *out_len to the required buffer size but writes no data to the output buffer. However, due to bug #1, gmin_get_var_int() believes the call succeeded. The caller gmin_get_var_int() then performs: - Allocates val[CFG_VAR_NAME_MAX + 1] (65 bytes) on stack - Calls gmin_get_config_var(dev, is_gmin, var, val, &len) with len=64 - If EFI variable is >64 bytes, efi.get_variable() sets len=required_size - Due to bug #1, thinks call succeeded with len=required_size - Executes val[len] = 0, writing past end of 65-byte stack buffer This creates a stack buffer overflow when EFI variables are larger than 64 bytes. Since EFI variables can be controlled by firmware or system configuration, this could potentially be exploited for code execution. Fix the bug by returning proper error codes from gmin_get_config_var() based on EFI status instead of stale 'ret' value. The gmin_get_var_int() function is called during device initialization for camera sensor configuration on Intel Bay Trail and Cherry Trail platforms using the atomisp camera stack.

Affected

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

4.12 ≤ v < 4.185.8 ≤ v < 6.12.425.8 ≤ v < 6.15.105.8 ≤ v < 6.16.15.8 ≤ v < 6.176.0 ≤ v < 6.12.426.13 ≤ v < 6.15.106.16 ≤ v < 6.16.14.125.8a49d25364dfb9f8a64037488a39ab1f56c5fa419ad85094b293e40e7a2f831b0311a389d952ebd5e
Vendor states this is fixed in 1a7a2f59fb2eb0718a0cff1e5822500cefe50ed9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 3d672fe065aa00f4d66f42e3c9720f69a3ed43e7 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 51b8dc5163d2ff2bf04019f8bf7e3bd0e75bb654 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in e6d3453a002e89537e6136f6c774659b297a549b (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ee4cf798202d285dcbe85e4467a094c44f5ed8e6 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.12 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.18 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.42 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.10 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.1 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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