CVE-2025-39862

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix list corruption after hardware restart Since stations are recreated from scratch, all lists that wcids are added to must be cleared before calling ieee80211_restart_hw. Set wcid->sta = 0 for each wcid entry in order to ensure that they are not added again before they are ready.

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/065c79df595af21d6d1b27d642860faa1d938774	Patch
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/8fa8eb52bc2eb08d93202863b5fc478e0bebc00c	Patch

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.17:rc4::::::

History

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Information

Published : 2025-09-19 16:15

Updated : 2026-01-14 20:16

NVD link : CVE-2025-39862

Mitre link : CVE-2025-39862

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2025-39862

JSON object : View

Products Affected

linux

linux_kernel

CWE

CWE-787

Out-of-bounds Write

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