CVE-2025-38157

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-787 Out-of-bounds Write

Publication date:

03/07/2025

Last modified:

18/12/2025

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled A malicious USB device can send a WMI_SWBA_EVENTID event from an ath9k_htc-managed device before beaconing has been enabled. This causes a device-by-zero error in the driver, leading to either a crash or an out of bounds read. Prevent this by aborting the handling in ath9k_htc_swba() if beacons are not enabled.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.80 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.80

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.0 (including)	5.4.295 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.5 (including)	5.10.239 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.11 (including)	5.15.186 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	5.16 (including)	6.1.142 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.2 (including)	6.6.94 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.7 (including)	6.12.34 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	6.13 (including)	6.15.3 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-2025-38157

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools