Linux Kernel Gyroscope Driver Buffer Overflow (CVE-2025-54642)
CVE-2025-54642 Published on August 6, 2025

Issue of buffer overflow caused by insufficient data verification in the kernel gyroscope module. Impact: Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may affect availability.

NVD

Vulnerability Analysis

CVE-2025-54642 is exploitable with local system access, and requires user privileges. This vulnerability is considered to have a low attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to be very high.

Attack Vector:
LOCAL
Attack Complexity:
LOW
Privileges Required:
HIGH
User Interaction:
NONE
Scope:
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact:
HIGH
Integrity Impact:
HIGH
Availability Impact:
HIGH

Weakness Type

Improper Input Validation

The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly.


Products Associated with CVE-2025-54642

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Linux Kernel
 
Huawei Harmonyos
 
Huawei Emui
 

Affected Versions

Huawei HarmonyOS: Huawei EMUI:

Exploit Probability

EPSS
0.02%
Percentile
3.33%

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