CVE-2025-38081 spi-rockchip: Fix register out of bounds access
A local attacker can trigger an out-of-bounds write in the Rockchip SPI driver, potentially causing a system crash or arbitrary code execution.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2025-38081?
CVE-2025-38081 is a high-severity memory corruption 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.
Official description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
spi-rockchip: Fix register out of bounds access
Do not write native chip select stuff for GPIO chip selects. GPIOs can be numbered much higher than native CS. Also, it makes no sense.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-38081?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linux kernel.
How do I fix CVE-2025-38081?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2025-38081 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-38081 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel
Sources
Also known as AZL-63944, AZL-70307, BELL-CVE-2025-38081, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-38081, GHSA-6q7m-pj7q-7w8f, ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2025-38081 and 3 more.