CVE-2025-39891

HIGH

Linux Kernel - Information Disclosure via Uninitialized chan_stats Array

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mwifiex: Initialize the chan_stats array to zero The adapter->chan_stats[] array is initialized in mwifiex_init_channel_scan_gap() with vmalloc(), which doesn't zero out memory. The array is filled in mwifiex_update_chan_statistics() and then the user can query the data in mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey(). There are two potential issues here. What if the user calls mwifiex_cfg80211_dump_survey() before the data has been filled in. Also the mwifiex_update_chan_statistics() function doesn't necessarily initialize the whole array. Since the array was not initialized at the start that could result in an information leak. Also this array is pretty small. It's a maximum of 900 bytes so it's more appropriate to use kcalloc() instead vmalloc().

Scores

CVSS v3 7.1
EPSS 0.0002
EPSS Percentile 5.1%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Details

Status published
Products (28)
debian/debian_linux 11.0
linux/Kernel 3.19.0 - 5.4.299linux
linux/Kernel 5.11.0 - 5.15.192linux
linux/Kernel 5.16.0 - 6.1.151linux
linux/Kernel 5.5.0 - 5.10.243linux
linux/Kernel 6.13.0 - 6.16.6linux
linux/Kernel 6.2.0 - 6.6.105linux
linux/Kernel 6.7.0 - 6.12.46linux
Linux/Linux < 3.19
Linux/Linux 3.19
... and 18 more
Published Oct 01, 2025
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026