What is CVE-2025-22082?

CVE-2025-22082 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, affecting Linux kernel versions from 6.12 onward and patched in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. CVE-2025-22082 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-22082?

CVE-2025-22082 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity. The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-22082?

Yes, CVE-2025-22082 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.

Is CVE-2025-22082 actively exploited?

CVE-2025-22082 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

CVE-2025-22082

Medium

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: backend: make sure to NULL terminate stack buffer Make sure to NULL terminate the buffer in iio_backend_debugfs_write_reg() before passing it to sscanf(). It is a stack variable so we should not assume it will 0 initialized.

Package Linux Kernel

Published 2025-04-16

Last modified 2025-10-31

CVSS version 3.1

Patch available

Yes

CVSS 3.1 score

5.5

out of 10

Medium

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

None

Availability

High

Vector string

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected versions

Linux kernel versions 6.12 and later are affected. Fixed in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2, 6.15 and their respective stable series.

Affected from

≥ 6.12

Fixed in

✓ 6.12.23 6.12.x ✓ 6.13.11 6.13.x ✓ 6.14.2 6.14.x ✓ 6.15

References

The following references provide additional information about CVE-2025-22082 including vendor advisories, patch commits, exploit details, and third-party analysis. Links are sourced from the NIST NVD database.

Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/035b4989211dc1c8626e186d655ae8ca5141bb73
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/04271a4d2740f98bbe36f82cd3d74677a839d1eb
Patch
Kernel patch commit
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/df3892e5e861c43d5612728ed259634675b8a71f
Patch

4 patch commits total View all on NVD

Details

CVE ID CVE-2025-22082

Severity Medium

CVSS score 5.5 / 10

CVSS version 3.1

Published 2025-04-16

Modified 2025-10-31

KEV No

Patch

Yes

Package linux

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2025-22082?

CVE-2025-22082 is a Medium severity Linux kernel vulnerability with a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10 . It affects Linux kernel versions from 6.12 onward and has been patched in 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. CVE-2025-22082 has not been confirmed as actively exploited and is not listed in the CISA KEV catalog.
What is the CVSS score for CVE-2025-22082?

CVE-2025-22082 has a CVSS score of 5.5 out of 10, rated Medium severity (CVSS 3.1). The vector string is CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.
Is there a patch available for CVE-2025-22082?

Yes — CVE-2025-22082 has been patched. Fixed versions include 6.12.23, 6.13.11, 6.14.2 and others. If you are running Linux kernel 6.12 or later up to the fix versions, apply the relevant patch for your kernel branch.
Is CVE-2025-22082 actively exploited?

No — CVE-2025-22082 has not been confirmed as actively exploited. It is not listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.