# CVE-2025-40114: iio: light: Add check for array bounds in veml6075\_read\_int\_time\_ms

- Severity: CVSS 7.8 (High), CISA-ADP
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CISA SSVC: exploitation=none, automatable=no, technicalImpact=total
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2025-04-18 · Updated: 2026-05-11

## Affected

- Linux: version range not reported
- Linux: 6.8

## Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: iio: light: Add check for array bounds in veml6075_read_int_time_ms The array contains only 5 elements, but the index calculated by veml6075_read_int_time_index can range from 0 to 7, which could lead to out-of-bounds access. The check prevents this issue. Coverity Issue CID 1574309: (#1 of 1): Out-of-bounds read (OVERRUN) overrun-local: Overrunning array veml6075_it_ms of 5 4-byte elements at element index 7 (byte offset 31) using index int_index (which evaluates to 7) This is hardening against potentially broken hardware. Good to have but not necessary to backport.

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## Related

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## References

- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a40b52d4442178bee0cf1c36bc450ab951cef0f
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18a08b5632809faa671279b3cd27d5f96cc5a3f0
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9c40a68b7f97fa487e6c7e67fcf4f846a1f96692
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee735aa33db16c1fb5ebccbaf84ad38f5583f3cc

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