CVE-2025-38157

Published Jul 3, 2025

Last updated 15 days ago

Overview

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.
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  1. CVE-2025-38157 In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolve... https://t.co/T1KJXWmgch Vulnerability Alert Subscriptions: https://t.co/hrQhy5uz4x

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