CVE-2025-40193

xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk

CVE-2025-40193 is fixed in linux on 1 platform, first by DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40193, released November 12, 2025. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: Routine.

Routine
CVSS
5.5
Moderate
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0020
10th percentile

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: xtensa: simdisk: add input size check in proc_write_simdisk A malicious user could pass an arbitrarily bad value to memdup_user_nul(), potentially causing kernel crash. This follows the same pattern as commit ee76746387f6 ("netdevsim: prevent bad user input in nsim_dev_health_break_write()")

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
linux · Debian 12.15 (bookworm) 6.1.158-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40193 Nov 12, 2025
linux · Debian 13.5 (trixie) 6.12.57-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40193 Nov 12, 2025
linux · Debian 14 6.17.6-1 DEBIAN-CVE-2025-40193 Nov 12, 2025

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