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CVE-2025-38159 (GCVE-0-2025-38159)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-07-03 08:36 – Updated: 2026-05-11 21:22
VLAI
Title
wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds
Summary
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.
Severity
7.1 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
Linux Linux Affected: 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 , < 1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d (git)
Affected: 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 , < 68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647 (git)
Affected: 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 , < 74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d (git)
Affected: 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 , < c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04 (git)
Affected: 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 , < 9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788 (git)
Affected: 4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 , < 4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd (git)
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Linux Linux Affected: 5.4
Unaffected: 0 , < 5.4 (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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      "url": "https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2025/cve-2025-38159.json",
      "version": "3"
    },
    "suse_vex": {
      "aggregate_severity": "important",
      "current_release_date": "2026-08-29T01:20:00Z",
      "cve": "CVE-2025-38159",
      "id": "CVE-2025-38159",
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      "source": "SUSE CSAF VEX",
      "status": "interim",
      "title": "SUSE CVE CVE-2025-38159",
      "url": "https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf-vex/cve-2025-38159.json",
      "version": "64"
    }
  }
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
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