CVE-2025-38406
Published: July 26, 2025Last modified: July 26, 2025
Description
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.
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.5 |
| Attack Vector | LOCAL |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | LOW |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.1.147-r0) |
| 25 LTS | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.41-r0) | |
| Stream | linux-lts | Fixed (6.12.41-r0) |
References
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/27d07deea35ae67f2e75913242e25bdb7e1114e5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/327997afbb5e62532c28c1861ab5534c01969c9a
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/347827bd0c5680dac2dd59674616840c4d5154f1
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/46b47d4b06fa7f234d93f0f8ac43798feafcff89
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/7a2afdc5af3b82b601f6a2f0d1c90d5f0bc27aeb
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/89bd133529a4d2d68287128b357e49adc00ec690
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e6c49f0b203a987c306676d241066451b74db1a5
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/e7417421d89358da071fd2930f91e67c7128fbff
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00007.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html