CVE-2025-38509

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: mac80211: reject VHT opmode for unsupported channel widths

VHT operating mode notifications are not defined for channel widths
below 20 MHz. In particular, 5 MHz and 10 MHz are not valid under the
VHT specification and must be rejected.

Without this check, malformed notifications using these widths may
reach ieee80211_chan_width_to_rx_bw(), leading to a WARN_ON due to
invalid input. This issue was reported by syzbot.

Reject these unsupported widths early in sta_link_apply_parameters()
when opmode_notif is used. The accepted set includes 20, 40, 80, 160,
and 80+80 MHz, which are valid for VHT. While 320 MHz is not defined
for VHT, it is allowed to avoid rejecting HE or EHT clients that may
still send a VHT opmode notification.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTNIST
5.5 MEDIUM
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
LinuxCNA
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Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 6%
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.15.7
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc1
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc2
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc3
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc4
linuxlinux_kernel
6.16:rc5
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
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Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.247-1
fixed
bookworm
6.1.148-1
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.158-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.57-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.48-1
fixed
forky
6.17.13-1
fixed
sid
6.17.13-1
fixed