In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
mei: vsc: Fix fortify-panic caused by invalid counted_by() use
gcc 15 honors the __counted_by(len) attribute on vsc_tp_packet.buf[]
and the vsc-tp.c code is using this in a wrong way. len does not contain
the available size in the buffer, it contains the actual packet length
*without* the crc. So as soon as vsc_tp_xfer() tries to add the crc to
buf[] the fortify-panic handler gets triggered:
[ 80.842193] memcpy: detected buffer overflow: 4 byte write of buffer size 0
[ 80.842243] WARNING: CPU: 4 PID: 272 at lib/string_helpers.c:1032 __fortify_report+0x45/0x50
...
[ 80.843175] __fortify_panic+0x9/0xb
[ 80.843186] vsc_tp_xfer.cold+0x67/0x67 [mei_vsc_hw]
[ 80.843210] ? seqcount_lockdep_reader_access.constprop.0+0x82/0x90
[ 80.843229] ? lockdep_hardirqs_on+0x7c/0x110
[ 80.843250] mei_vsc_hw_start+0x98/0x120 [mei_vsc]
[ 80.843270] mei_reset+0x11d/0x420 [mei]
The easiest fix would be to just drop the counted-by but with the exception
of the ack buffer in vsc_tp_xfer_helper() which only contains enough room
for the packet-header, all other uses of vsc_tp_packet always use a buffer
of VSC_TP_MAX_XFER_SIZE bytes for the packet.
Instead of just dropping the counted-by, split the vsc_tp_packet struct
definition into a header and a full-packet definition and use a fixed
size buf[] in the packet definition, this way fortify-source buffer
overrun checking still works when enabled.
References
Configurations
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History
12 Nov 2025, 21:37
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v2 : v3 : |
v2 : unknown
v3 : 5.5 |
| First Time |
Linux
Linux linux Kernel |
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| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/00f1cc14da0f06d2897b8c528df7c7dcf1b8da50 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/3e243378f27cc7d11682a3ad720228b0723affa5 - Patch | |
| References | () https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac04663c67f244810b3492e9ecd9f7cdbefeca2d - Patch | |
| CPE | cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.15:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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| CWE | NVD-CWE-noinfo |
08 May 2025, 14:39
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| Summary |
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08 May 2025, 07:15
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| New CVE |
Information
Published : 2025-05-08 07:15
Updated : 2025-11-12 21:37
NVD link : CVE-2025-37816
Mitre link : CVE-2025-37816
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-37816
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Products Affected
linux
- linux_kernel
CWE
