Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
comedi: Fail COMEDI_INSNLIST ioctl if n_insns is too large
The handling of the `COMEDI_INSNLIST` ioctl allocates a kernel buffer to hold the array of `struct comedi_insn`, getting the length from the `n_insns` member of the `struct comedi_insnlist` supplied by the user. The allocation will fail with a WARNING and a stack dump if it is too large.
Avoid that by failing with an `-EINVAL` error if the supplied `n_insns` value is unreasonable.
Define the limit on the `n_insns` value in the `MAX_INSNS` macro. Set this to the same value as `MAX_SAMPLES` (65536), which is the maximum allowed sum of the values of the member `n` in the array of `struct comedi_insn`, and sensible comedi instructions will have an `n` of at least 1.
Metrics
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HAffected software
No affected versions have been published.
Timeline
- Published
- Jul 28, 2025
- Last modified
- Jun 17, 2026
- NVD status
- Analyzed