# CVE-2025-39809: HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quicki2c: Fix ACPI dsd ICRS/ISUB length

> A stack-out-of-bounds write in the Intel QuickI2C HID driver causes a kernel crash, leading to denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 8.4 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-39809, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39809, GHSA-v4r5-8v8j-c7xp, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39809

## What is CVE-2025-39809?

CVE-2025-39809 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Sep 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:

HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-quicki2c: Fix ACPI dsd ICRS/ISUB length

The QuickI2C ACPI _DSD methods return ICRS and ISUB data with a
trailing byte, making the actual length is one more byte than the
structs defined.

It caused stack-out-of-bounds and kernel crash:

kernel: BUG: KASAN: stack-out-of-bounds in quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel: Write of size 12 at addr ffff888106d1f900 by task kworker/u33:2/75
kernel:
kernel: CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 75 Comm: kworker/u33:2 Not tainted 6.16.0+ #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
kernel: Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
kernel: Call Trace:
kernel:  <TASK>
kernel:  dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
kernel:  print_report+0xd1/0x660
kernel:  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
kernel:  ? __kasan_slab_free+0x5d/0x80
kernel:  ? kasan_addr_to_slab+0xd/0xb0
kernel:  kasan_report+0xe1/0x120
kernel:  ? quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel:  ? quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel:  kasan_check_range+0x11c/0x200
kernel:  __asan_memcpy+0x3b/0x80
kernel:  quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x111/0x1b0 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel:  ? __pfx_quicki2c_acpi_get_dsd_property.constprop.0+0x10/0x10 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel:  quicki2c_get_acpi_resources+0x237/0x730 [intel_quicki2c]
[...]
kernel:  </TASK>
kernel:
kernel: The buggy address belongs to stack of task kworker/u33:2/75
kernel:  and is located at offset 48 in frame:
kernel:  quicki2c_get_acpi_resources+0x0/0x730 [intel_quicki2c]
kernel:
kernel: This frame has 3 objects:
kernel:  [32, 36) 'hid_desc_addr'
kernel:  [48, 59) 'i2c_param'
kernel:  [80, 224) 'i2c_config'

ACPI DSD methods return:

\_SB.PC00.THC0.ICRS Buffer       000000003fdc947b 001 Len 0C = 0A 00 80 1A 06 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
\_SB.PC00.THC0.ISUB Buffer       00000000f2fcbdc4 001 Len 91 = 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

Adding reserved padding to quicki2c_subip_acpi_parameter/config.

Weakness: CWE-787 (Out-of-bounds Write)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39809?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-39809?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-39809 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Linux kernel

- [CVE-2026-53266](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53266/): Linux Kernel Out-of-Bounds Write (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-6282](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6282/): Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation (high 8.8, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2022-0185](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2022-0185/): Linux Kernel Heap-Based Buffer Overflow (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2013-2094](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-2094/): Linux Kernel Privilege Escalation (high 8.4, exploited in the wild)
- [CVE-2026-53362](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2026-53362/): Linux Kernel Unspecified (high 7.8, exploited in the wild)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2025-39809 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-39809 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Linux kernel, published on 16 Sep 2025. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39809 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Linux kernel. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39809/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39809/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39809
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39809
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-39809

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