{"id":"CVE-2025-38142","summary":"hwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) check sensor index in read_string()","details":"In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:\n\nhwmon: (asus-ec-sensors) check sensor index in read_string()\n\nPrevent a potential invalid memory access when the requested sensor\nis not found.\n\nfind_ec_sensor_index() may return a negative value (e.g. -ENOENT),\nbut its result was used without checking, which could lead to\nundefined behavior when passed to get_sensor_info().\n\nAdd a proper check to return -EINVAL if sensor_index is negative.\n\nFound by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.\n\n[groeck: Return error code returned from find_ec_sensor_index]","modified":"2026-04-16T04:35:16.789396377Z","published":"2025-07-03T08:35:43.521Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2025:02853-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02923-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02969-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02996-1","SUSE-SU-2025:02997-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03011-1","SUSE-SU-2025:03023-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20577-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20586-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20601-1","SUSE-SU-2025:20602-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21139-1","SUSE-SU-2025:21179-1","openSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1"],"database_specific":{"osv_generated_from":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38142.json","cna_assigner":"Linux"},"references":[{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/19bd9cde38dd4ca1771aed7afba623e7f4247c8e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/25be318324563c63cbd9cb53186203a08d2f83a1"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4e9e45746b861ebd54c03ef301da2cb8fc990536"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/6bf529ce84dccc0074dbc704e70aee4aa545057e"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7eeb3df6f07a886bdfd52757ede127a59a8784dc"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://github.com/CVEProject/cvelistV5/tree/main/cves/2025/38xxx/CVE-2025-38142.json"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2025-38142"},{"type":"PACKAGE","url":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git"}],"affected":[{"ranges":[{"type":"GIT","repo":"https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux.git","events":[{"introduced":"d0ddfd241e5719d696bc0b081e260db69d368668"},{"fixed":"6bf529ce84dccc0074dbc704e70aee4aa545057e"},{"fixed":"4e9e45746b861ebd54c03ef301da2cb8fc990536"},{"fixed":"19bd9cde38dd4ca1771aed7afba623e7f4247c8e"},{"fixed":"7eeb3df6f07a886bdfd52757ede127a59a8784dc"},{"fixed":"25be318324563c63cbd9cb53186203a08d2f83a1"}]}],"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2025-38142.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}