Bug 2376096 (CVE-2025-38157) - CVE-2025-38157 kernel: wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled
Summary: CVE-2025-38157 kernel: wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if dis...
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Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2025-38157
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Reported: 2025-07-03 09:04 UTC by OSIDB Bzimport
Modified: 2025-07-03 14:09 UTC (History)
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Description OSIDB Bzimport 2025-07-03 09:04:51 UTC 
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled

A malicious USB device can send a WMI_SWBA_EVENTID event from an
ath9k_htc-managed device before beaconing has been enabled. This causes
a device-by-zero error in the driver, leading to either a crash or an
out of bounds read.

Prevent this by aborting the handling in ath9k_htc_swba() if beacons are
not enabled.
Comment 1 Avinash Hanwate 2025-07-03 14:00:44 UTC 
Upstream advisory:
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-cve-announce/2025070338-CVE-2025-38157-bc8c@gregkh/T
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