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  "id": "RPI-CVE-2025-38077",
  "modified": "2026-10-07T17:22:01Z",
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2025-38077"
  ],
  "published": "2025-06-18T09:34:24Z",
  "summary": "platform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store()",
  "details": "In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nplatform/x86: dell-wmi-sysman: Avoid buffer overflow in current_password_store()\n\nIf the 'buf' array received from the user contains an empty string, the\n'length' variable will be zero. Accessing the 'buf' array element with\nindex 'length - 1' will result in a buffer overflow.\n\nAdd a check for an empty string.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.",
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        "ecosystem": "Raspberry Pi OS:12",
        "name": "linux"
      },
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      ],
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            "assessment": "commit ancestry (strak rule)",
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  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38077"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/fb7cde625872709b8cedad9b241e0ec3d82fa7d3"
    },
    {
      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/60bd13f8c4b3de2c910ae1cdbef85b9bbc9685f5"
    },
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      "type": "FIX",
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    },
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    },
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      "type": "FIX",
      "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e89a4077490f52cde652d17e32519b666abf3a6"
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    "source": "https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/security/vulns.git",
    "upstream_modified": "2026-05-12T04:54:46Z"
  }
}