CVE-2025-38159

HIGH EPSS 3.9%
Published Jul 3, 202512mo ago · Modified Jun 17, 20261w ago
7.1 CVSS 3.1
High
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Published Jul 3, 2025 12mo ago
Last Modified Jun 17, 2026 1w ago

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds Set the size to 6 instead of 2, since 'para' array is passed to 'rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(rtwdev, para[0], &para[1])', which reads 5 bytes: void rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u8 op_code, u8 *data) { ... SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA1(h2c_pkt, *data); SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA2(h2c_pkt, *(data + 1)); ... SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA5(h2c_pkt, *(data + 4)); Detected using the static analysis tool - Svace.

CVSS Details

Base Score
7.1
Exploitability
1.8
Impact
5.2
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity None
Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS Exploit Probability
3.9% percentile
Exploit & Patch Status
No Known Exploit
Patch Available

Weaknesses 1

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read Memory Safety

Affected Products 6

VendorProductVersionRange
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.4  –  <5.15.186
linuxlinux_kernel*≥5.16  –  <6.1.142
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.2  –  <6.6.94
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.7  –  <6.12.34
linuxlinux_kernel*≥6.13  –  <6.15.3
debiandebian_linux11.0any

References 7

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04
    Patch
  • lists.debian.org https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
    Third Party Advisory

Remediation

  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788
    Patch
  • git.kernel.org https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04
    Patch