CVE-2025-38406

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath6kl: remove WARN on bad firmware input If the firmware gives bad input, that's nothing to do with the driver's stack at this point etc., so the WARN_ON() doesn't add any value. Additionally, this is one of the top syzbot reports now. Just print a message, and as an added bonus, print the sizes too.

CVSS v3 5.5 MEDIUM

5.5^/10

CVSS v3 : MEDIUM

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required LOW

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d07deea35ae67f2e75913242e25bdb7e1114e5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327997afbb5e62532c28c1861ab5534c01969c9a	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/347827bd0c5680dac2dd59674616840c4d5154f1	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46b47d4b06fa7f234d93f0f8ac43798feafcff89	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2afdc5af3b82b601f6a2f0d1c90d5f0bc27aeb	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bd133529a4d2d68287128b357e49adc00ec690	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c49f0b203a987c306676d241066451b74db1a5	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7417421d89358da071fd2930f91e67c7128fbff	Patch
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html	Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html	Third Party Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:rc2::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

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Information

Published : 2025-07-25 14:15

Updated : 2025-12-23 19:45

NVD link : CVE-2025-38406

Mitre link : CVE-2025-38406

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-38406

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Products Affected

debian

debian_linux

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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