CVE-2025-38157 (GCVE-0-2025-38157)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:35 – Updated: 2025-11-03 17:34
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Title
wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled
Summary
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.
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Linux Linux Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < e5ce9df1d68094d37360dbd9b09289d42fa21e54 (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < 0281c19074976ec48f0078d50530b406ddae75bc (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < 7ee3fb6258da8c890a51b514f60d7570dc703605 (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < 40471b23147c86ea3ed97faee79937c618250bd0 (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < 5482ef9875eaa43f0435e14570e1193823de857e (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < ee5ee646385f5846dcbc881389f3c44a197c402a (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < 5a85c21f812e02cb00ca07007d88acdd42d08c46 (git)
Affected: 832f6a18fc2aead14954c081ece03b7a5b425f81 , < ac4e317a95a1092b5da5b9918b7118759342641c (git)
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    Linux Linux Affected: 3.0
Unaffected: 0 , < 3.0 (semver)
Unaffected: 5.4.295 , ≤ 5.4.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.10.239 , ≤ 5.10.* (semver)
Unaffected: 5.15.186 , ≤ 5.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.1.142 , ≤ 6.1.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.6.94 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.12.34 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.15.3 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver)
Unaffected: 6.16 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix)
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