Vulnerability · CVE-2025-38082
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the
Published Jun 18, 2025 · catalog updated Aug 5, 2026 · Linux Linux
Check if you run it
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38082. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Gaps on this record
- No vendor fix or required action is stored. Compare the linked advisory before you change production.
- Severity
- High7.8
- Known exploitation
- Not in CISA/VulnCheck KEV
- EPSS
- 0.17%
- Remediation
- Version ranges on file
- Affected products
- vendor Linux Linux 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d <afe090366f470f77e140ff3407db813f57852c04
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". Check that the input size does not exceed the buffer size. Write a zero termination afterwards.
Are you affected?
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- vendor Linux Linux 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d <afe090366f470f77e140ff3407db813f57852c0491581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d <afe090366f470f77e140ff3407db813f57852c04
How to fix CVE-2025-38082
Recommended remediation
Affected version ranges suggest a fixed boundary. Verify against the vendor advisory for your release.
Official advisories
What to do
Three questions, each answered from this record only. Confirm the vendor advisory before you patch.
Should you patch?
No confirmed exploitation is on record for CVE-2025-38082. EPSS is 0.17%. Act only if a listed version of Linux Linux is installed.
Which versions are affected?
Compare what you have installed with Linux Linux 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d <afe090366f470f77e140ff3407db813f57852c04 91581c4b3f29e2e22aeb1a62e842d529ca638b2d <afe090366f470f77e140ff3407db813f57852c04. Compare the installed version with the linked vendor advisory before you change production.
What should an analyst verify?
No weakness class is stored. EPSS 0.17%. There is no CISA KEV listing. No Exploit-DB or Metasploit reference is linked. Use the source links for the original advisory.
Code
The project this record applies to. Exploit listings stay in References.
Timeline
Detection, updates, and resolution for this record.
Jun 18, 2025 · EUVD
Detected
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". Check that the input size does not exceed the buffer size. Write a zero termination afterwards.
Aug 5, 2026 · EUVD
Updated
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". Check that the input size does not exceed the buffer size. Write a zero termination afterwards.
Sources
- CVE.orgVulnerability recordCVE-2025-38082
Official CVE identifier
cve.org - FIRST EPSSExploitation probabilityCVE-2025-38082
30-day exploitation probability 0.17%
first.org - EUVDVulnerability recordEUVD-2025-18571
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: gpio: virtuser: fix potential out-of-bound write If the caller wrote more characters, count is truncated to the max available space in "simple_write_to_buffer". Check that the input size does not exceed the buffe
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References
Freshness
Last verified in this catalog Oct 21, 2026. Significant claims (KEV, EPSS, CVSS, affected ranges) come from the source rows above — open the original publisher for the authoritative advisory.