CVE-2025-48638

State: Published
Severity: 7.8 High
Published: Dec 8, 2025
Updated: Feb 26, 2026
Reserved: May 22, 2025

Description

In __pkvm_load_tracing of trace.c, there is a possible out-of-bounds write due to improper input validation. This could lead to local escalation of privilege with no additional execution privileges needed. User interaction is not needed for exploitation.

Scores

CVSS	Score	Vector	Source
3.1	7.8 High	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H	CISA-ADP

Weaknesses

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

Affected Products

Product	Versions
AndroidGoogle	Android kernelAffected

References

https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/0429b7af308cf65c84109c08d06b01950dcd57fe
https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/common/+/96ebe96170d67df5072afa2ce84622f5a0ff552a
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2025-12-01

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