{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38016 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2025-38016 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2025-38016 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2025-38016 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 18 Jun 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38016 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38016/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38016/index.md)","id":"CVE-2025-38016","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38016/index.md","name":"CVE-2025-38016","record":{"aliases":["BELL-CVE-2025-38016","DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38016","GHSA-jvgv-wf9f-5wjp","UBUNTU-CVE-2025-38016"],"analysis":{"component_type":"kernel","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["denial_of_service"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux kernel HID","requires_auth":"none","summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel HID BPF subsystem can cause a system crash when unplugging specific HID devices with LEDs.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"use_after_free"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"Linux","cpe":[{"product":"linux_kernel","vendor":"linux"}],"cvss":{"score":8.8,"severity":"high","source":"cna","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.1"},"cwes":[],"description":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nHID: bpf: abort dispatch if device destroyed\n\nThe current HID bpf implementation assumes no output report/request will\ngo through it after hid_bpf_destroy_device() has been called. This leads\nto a bug that unplugging certain types of HID devices causes a cleaned-\nup SRCU to be accessed. The bug was previously a hidden failure until a\nrecent x86 percpu change [1] made it access not-present pages.\n\nThe bug will be triggered if the conditions below are met:\n\nA) a device under the driver has some LEDs on\nB) hid_ll_driver-\u003erequest() is uninplemented (e.g., logitech-djreceiver)\n\nIf condition A is met, hidinput_led_worker() is always scheduled *after*\nhid_bpf_destroy_device().\n\nhid_destroy_device\n` hid_bpf_destroy_device\n  ` cleanup_srcu_struct(\u0026hdev-\u003ebpf.srcu)\n` hid_remove_device\n  ` ...\n    ` led_classdev_unregister\n      ` led_trigger_set(led_cdev, NULL)\n        ` led_set_brightness(led_cdev, LED_OFF)\n          ` ...\n            ` input_inject_event\n              ` input_event_dispose\n                ` hidinput_input_event\n                  ` schedule_work(\u0026hid-\u003eled_work) [hidinput_led_worker]\n\nThis is fine when condition B is not met, where hidinput_led_worker()\ncalls hid_ll_driver-\u003erequest(). This is the case for most HID drivers,\nwhich implement it or use the generic one from usbhid. The driver itself\nor an underlying driver will then abort processing the request.\n\nOtherwise, hidinput_led_worker() tries hid_hw_output_report() and leads\nto the bug.\n\nhidinput_led_worker\n` hid_hw_output_report\n  ` dispatch_hid_bpf_output_report\n    ` srcu_read_lock(\u0026hdev-\u003ebpf.srcu)\n    ` srcu_read_unlock(\u0026hdev-\u003ebpf.srcu, idx)\n\nThe bug has existed since the introduction [2] of\ndispatch_hid_bpf_output_report(). However, the same bug also exists in\ndispatch_hid_bpf_raw_requests(), and I've reproduced (no visible effect\nbecause of the lack of [1], but confirmed bpf.destroyed == 1) the bug\nagainst the commit (i.e., the Fixes:) introducing the function. This is\nbecause hidinput_led_worker() falls back to hid_hw_raw_request() when\nhid_ll_driver-\u003eoutput_report() is uninplemented (e.g., logitech-\ndjreceiver).\n\nhidinput_led_worker\n` hid_hw_output_report: -ENOSYS\n` hid_hw_raw_request\n  ` dispatch_hid_bpf_raw_requests\n    ` srcu_read_lock(\u0026hdev-\u003ebpf.srcu)\n    ` srcu_read_unlock(\u0026hdev-\u003ebpf.srcu, idx)\n\nFix the issue by returning early in the two mentioned functions if\nhid_bpf has been marked as destroyed. Though\ndispatch_hid_bpf_device_event() handles input events, and there is no\nevidence that it may be called after the destruction, the same check, as\na safety net, is also added to it to maintain the consistency among all\ndispatch functions.\n\nThe impact of the bug on other architectures is unclear. Even if it acts\nas a hidden failure, this is still dangerous because it corrupts\nwhatever is on the address calculated by SRCU. Thus, CC'ing the stable\nlist.\n\n[1]: commit 9d7de2aa8b41 (\"x86/percpu/64: Use relative percpu offsets\")\n[2]: commit 9286675a2aed (\"HID: bpf: add HID-BPF hooks for\nhid_hw_output_report\")","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"HID: bpf: abort dispatch if device destroyed","id":"CVE-2025-38016","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"linux:linux_kernel","products":["linux:linux_kernel"],"type":"use_after_free","year":"2025"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"fs/eventpoll: fix endless busy loop after timeout has expired","id":"CVE-2025-38017"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"dmaengine: idxd: fix memory leak in error handling path of idxd_alloc","id":"CVE-2025-38015"},"products":["Linux"],"published":"2025-06-18","related":[{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write","id":"CVE-2026-53266","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2026-06-25"},{"cvss_score":8.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation","id":"CVE-2013-6282","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-11-19"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow","id":"CVE-2022-0185","kev_date_added":"2024-08-21","published":"2022-02-11"},{"cvss_score":8.4,"headline":"Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation","id":"CVE-2013-2094","kev_date_added":"2022-09-15","published":"2013-05-14"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Unspecified","id":"CVE-2026-53362","kev_date_added":"2026-08-27","published":"2026-07-04"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Missing Initialization of a Variable","id":"CVE-2026-46300","kev_date_added":"2026-10-28","published":"2026-05-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Race Condition","id":"CVE-2025-39964","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-10-13"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2026-08-05","vendors":["Linux"]},"summary":"A use-after-free in the Linux kernel HID BPF subsystem can cause a system crash when unplugging specific HID devices with LEDs.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-38016/"}