CVE-2025-38317

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath12k: Fix buffer overflow in debugfs If the user tries to write more than 32 bytes then it results in memory corruption. Fortunately, this is debugfs so it's limited to root users.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/0c57aa8ef94cffc5c2d68230e19329a03e71a94f	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c4a200d03574bfcbf54fdb7ba5968b58ad2e0b3	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8c7a5031a6b0d42e640fbd2d5d05f61f74e32dce	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2025-07-10 08:15

Updated : 2025-11-18 12:54

NVD link : CVE-2025-38317

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38317

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38317

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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