CVE-2025-21656

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This leads to hwmon reporting uninitialized data to\nuserspace in case of SCSI errors (for example if the disk drive was\ndisconnected).\n\nThis patch checks scsi_execute_cmd() output and returns -EIO if it's\nerror code is positive.\n\n[groeck: Avoid inline variable declaration for portability]"}, {"lang": "es", "value": "En el kernel de Linux, se ha resuelto la siguiente vulnerabilidad: hwmon: (drivetemp) Se soluciona que el controlador produzca datos basura cuando se producen errores SCSI. La funci\u00f3n scsi_execute_cmd() puede devolver c\u00f3digos de error negativos (c\u00f3digos de Linux) y positivos (campo de resultado scsi_cmnd). Actualmente, el controlador solo pasa los c\u00f3digos de error de scsi_execute_cmd() al n\u00facleo de hwmon, lo que es incorrecto porque hwmon solo verifica los c\u00f3digos de error negativos. Esto hace que hwmon informe datos no inicializados al espacio de usuario en caso de errores SCSI (por ejemplo, si la unidad de disco se desconect\u00f3). Este parche verifica la salida de scsi_execute_cmd() y devuelve -EIO si su c\u00f3digo de error es positivo. [groeck: Evite la declaraci\u00f3n de variables en l\u00ednea para la portabilidad]"}], "id": "CVE-2025-21656", "lastModified": "2026-10-30T13:17:50.907", "metrics": {"cvssMetricV31": [{"cvssData": {"attackComplexity": "LOW", "attackVector": "LOCAL", "availabilityImpact": "HIGH", "baseScore": 5.5, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "NONE", "privilegesRequired": "LOW", "scope": "UNCHANGED", "userInteraction": "NONE", "vectorString": "CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H", "version": "3.1"}, "exploitabilityScore": 1.8, "impactScore": 3.6, "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}, "published": "2025-01-21T13:15:09.240", "references": [{"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0435d35f9d511fa5ddba49c9f68f947e395c93f9"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/42268d885e44af875a6474f7bba519cc6cea6a9d"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/53e25b10a28edaf8c2a1d3916fd8929501a50dfc"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "tags": ["Patch"], "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/82163d63ae7a4c36142cd252388737205bb7e4b9"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/babdf2a11329d30dc5086eb7a938a360aa490282"}, {"source": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "url": "https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/f9723fd2770ef5563ff1685f72bcc1c411219c29"}], "sourceIdentifier": "416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67", "vulnStatus": "Modified", "weaknesses": [{"description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-noinfo"}], "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "type": "Primary"}]}

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