Answer in brief
CVE-2025-38159 records a High severity (CVSS 7.1) vulnerability in wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
Analysis pending evidence review
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CVSS is 7.1. The current sources do not mark it as known exploited. Treat this as a source-backed prioritization signal, not a statement about your environment.
Analysis status
Analysis pending evidence review
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The current feed maps Linux/Linux (generic), Linux/Linux (generic). Check affected ranges and fixed versions before updating.
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed versions |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | Not reported | Not reported |
| Package | Affected range | Fixed version |
|---|---|---|
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | >=4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 <1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d || >=4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 <68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647 || >=4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 <74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d || >=4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 <c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04 || >=4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 <9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788 || >=4136214f7c46839c15f0f177fe1d5052302c0205 <4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd | 1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d, 68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647, 74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d, c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04, 9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788, 4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd |
| Linux/Linuxgeneric | 5.4 | Not reported |
Published upstream
Jul 3, 2025
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordSource modified
Nov 5, 2026
Evidence: source:cvelist:source_dates:source-dates:recordFirst seen by HOL
Nov 5, 2026
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.
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