CVE-2025-38157

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Out-of-bounds Write via Malicious USB Device WMI_SWBA_EVENTID Event

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0008
EPSS Percentile 23.9%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-787
Status published
Products (27)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 3.0.0 - 5.4.295linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.186linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.142linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.239linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.15.3linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.94linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.34linux
Linux/Linux < 3.0
Linux/Linux 3.0
... and 17 more
Published Jul 03, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026