# CVE-2025-37866: mlxbf-bootctl: use sysfs\_emit\_at() in secure\_boot\_fuse\_state\_show()

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-05-09 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.14

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: mlxbf-bootctl: use sysfs_emit_at() in secure_boot_fuse_state_show() A warning is seen when running the latest kernel on a BlueField SOC: [251.512704] ------------[ cut here ]------------ [251.512711] invalid sysfs_emit: buf:0000000003aa32ae [251.512720] WARNING: CPU: 1 PID: 705264 at fs/sysfs/file.c:767 sysfs_emit+0xac/0xc8 The warning is triggered because the mlxbf-bootctl driver invokes "sysfs_emit()" with a buffer pointer that is not aligned to the start of the page. The driver should instead use "sysfs_emit_at()" to support non-zero offsets into the destination buffer.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/5e1dcc5bfd7a2896178c604bc69d6ab9650967da
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/b129005ddfc0e6daf04a6d3b928a9e474f9b3918

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