CVE-2025-38159
wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds
CVSS Score
0.0
EPSS Score
0.0%
EPSS Percentile
0th
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], ¶[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.
| Vendor | linux |
| Product | linux |
| Ecosystems | |
| Industries | Technology |
| Published | Jul 3, 2025 |
| Last Updated | May 11, 2026 |
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Affected Versions
Linux / Linux
4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 < 4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd
Linux / Linux
5.4
References
git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788 git.kernel.org: https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd lists.debian.org: https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html