# CVE-2025-39818: HID: intel-thc-hid: intel-thc: Fix incorrect pointer arithmetic in I2C regs save

> A pointer arithmetic error in the Intel THC HID driver causes out-of-bounds writes, leading to kernel crashes and denial of service.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **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:** Yes
- **Published:** 16 Sep 2025
- **Updated:** 5 Aug 2026
- **Also known as:** BELL-CVE-2025-39818, DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39818, GHSA-2xm6-gr28-3f78, UBUNTU-CVE-2025-39818

## What is CVE-2025-39818?

CVE-2025-39818 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-thc: Fix incorrect pointer arithmetic in I2C regs save

Improper use of secondary pointer (&dev->i2c_subip_regs) caused
kernel crash and out-of-bounds error:

 BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
 Write of size 4 at addr ffff888136005dc0 by task kworker/u33:5/5107

 CPU: 3 UID: 0 PID: 5107 Comm: kworker/u33:5 Not tainted 6.16.0+ #3 PREEMPT(voluntary)
 Workqueue: async async_run_entry_fn
 Call Trace:
  <TASK>
  dump_stack_lvl+0x76/0xa0
  print_report+0xd1/0x660
  ? __pfx__raw_spin_lock_irqsave+0x10/0x10
  ? kasan_complete_mode_report_info+0x26/0x200
  kasan_report+0xe1/0x120
  ? _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
  ? _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
  __asan_report_store4_noabort+0x17/0x30
  _regmap_bulk_read+0x449/0x510
  ? __pfx__regmap_bulk_read+0x10/0x10
  regmap_bulk_read+0x270/0x3d0
  pio_complete+0x1ee/0x2c0 [intel_thc]
  ? __pfx_pio_complete+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
  ? __pfx_pio_wait+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
  ? regmap_update_bits_base+0x13b/0x1f0
  thc_i2c_subip_pio_read+0x117/0x270 [intel_thc]
  thc_i2c_subip_regs_save+0xc2/0x140 [intel_thc]
  ? __pfx_thc_i2c_subip_regs_save+0x10/0x10 [intel_thc]
[...]
 The buggy address belongs to the object at ffff888136005d00
  which belongs to the cache kmalloc-rnd-12-192 of size 192
 The buggy address is located 0 bytes to the right of
  allocated 192-byte region [ffff888136005d00, ffff888136005dc0)

Replaced with direct array indexing (&dev->i2c_subip_regs[i]) to ensure
safe memory access.

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2025-39818?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Linux kernel.

## How do I fix CVE-2025-39818?

Apply the vendor's patch.

## Is CVE-2025-39818 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2025-39818 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-2025-39818 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2025-39818 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-2025-39818 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-2025-39818/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2025-39818/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-39818
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-39818
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2025-39818

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