CVE-2025-71234

EUVD-2025-207664
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtl8xxxu: fix slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add

The driver does not set hw->sta_data_size, which causes mac80211 to
allocate insufficient space for driver private station data in
__sta_info_alloc(). When rtl8xxxu_sta_add() accesses members of
struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info through sta->drv_priv, this results in a
slab-out-of-bounds write.

KASAN report on RISC-V (VisionFive 2) with RTL8192EU adapter:

  BUG: KASAN: slab-out-of-bounds in rtl8xxxu_sta_add+0x31c/0x346
  Write of size 8 at addr ffffffd6d3e9ae88 by task kworker/u16:0/12

Set hw->sta_data_size to sizeof(struct rtl8xxxu_sta_info) during
probe, similar to how hw->vif_data_size is configured. This ensures
mac80211 allocates sufficient space for the driver's per-station
private data.

Tested on StarFive VisionFive 2 v1.2A board.
ProviderTypeBase ScoreAtk. VectorAtk. ComplexityPriv. RequiredVector
NISTPrimary
7.8 HIGH
LOCAL
LOW
LOW
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score
CVSS 3.x
EPSS Score
Percentile: 4%
Affected Products (NVD)
VendorProductVersion
linuxlinux_kernel
6.9 ≤
𝑥
< 6.12.72
linuxlinux_kernel
6.13 ≤
𝑥
< 6.18.11
linuxlinux_kernel
6.19 ≤
𝑥
< 6.19.1
𝑥
= Vulnerable software versions
Debian logo
Debian Releases
Debian Product
Codename
linux
bookworm
6.1.170-3
fixed
bookworm (security)
6.1.172-1
fixed
bullseye
5.10.223-1
fixed
bullseye (security)
5.10.251-5
fixed
forky
7.0.7-1
fixed
sid
7.0.7-1
fixed
trixie
6.12.86-1
fixed
trixie (security)
6.12.88-1
fixed
openSUSE logo
openSUSE / SLES Releases
openSUSE Product
Release
kernel-64kb
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-azure
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-default
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-default-base
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1.150700.17.23.1
fixed
kernel-docs
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-macros
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-obs-build
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-source
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-syms
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
kernel-zfcpdump
suse enterprise desktop 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise sap 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed
suse enterprise server 15 SP7
6.4.0-150700.53.34.1
fixed