CVE-2025-68347
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: ALSA: firewire-motu: fix buffer overflow in hwdep read for DSP events The DSP event handling code in hwdep_read() could write more bytes to the user buffer than requested, when a user provides a buffer smaller than the event header size (8 bytes). Fix by using min_t() to clamp the copy size, This ensures we never copy more than the user requested.
Predictions
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| โ | Affected | โ |
AlmaLinux Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | kernel-doc-4.18.0-553.126.1.el8_10.noarch.rpm |
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 6.12.63-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 6.17.13-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 6.17.13-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 6.1.162-1 |
Red Hat Fixed 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 8 | Fixed | โ |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2025-68347.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-68347
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21706
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2404105
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2422699
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2424879
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2429602
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2448594
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2448745
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2454810
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2455334
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2461107
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2461757
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2461759
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2464369
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2464455
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2464462
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2464476
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2467059
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2467064
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/2467210
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-21706.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2026:21745
- https://errata.almalinux.org/8/ALSA-2026-21745.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.