CVE-2025-38159
Vulnerability Summary
Timeline
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: rtw88: fix the 'para' buffer size to avoid reading out of bounds Set the size to 6 instead of 2, since 'para' array is passed to 'rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(rtwdev, para[0], ¶[1])', which reads 5 bytes: void rtw_fw_bt_wifi_control(struct rtw_dev *rtwdev, u8 op_code, u8 *data) { ... SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA1(h2c_pkt, *data); SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA2(h2c_pkt, *(data + 1)); ... SET_BT_WIFI_CONTROL_DATA5(h2c_pkt, *(data + 4)); Detected using the static analysis tool - Svace.
CVSS Metrics
- v3.1•HIGH•Score: 7.1CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.15%• Percentile: 5%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-125•Out-of-bounds Read
The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer.
Affected Systems
- debian•linux
all | < 6.1.147-1 | < 6.12.35-1 | < 6.12.35-1
- debian•linux-6.1
< 6.1.153-1~deb11u1
- ubuntu•linux
all | < 5.15.0-156.166 | < 6.8.0-100.100
- ubuntu•linux-allwinner-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws
all | < 5.15.0-1092.99 | < 6.8.0-1046.49
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.0
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.15
< 5.15.0-1092.99~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.14
< 6.14.0-1013.13~24.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-aws-6.8
< 6.8.0-1046.49~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-aws-fips
all | < 5.15.0-1092.99+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1046.49+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure
all | all | < 5.15.0-1096.105 | < 6.8.0-1046.52
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.15
< 5.15.0-1096.105~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.5
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-6.8
< 6.8.0-1051.57~22.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-edge
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde
all | all | all | all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.2
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fde-6.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-fips
all | < 5.15.0-1096.105+fips1 | < 6.8.0-1046.52+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia
all
- ubuntu•linux-azure-nvidia-6.14
< 6.14.0-1007.7
- ubuntu•linux-bluefield
all | all | < 5.15.0-1076.78 | < 6.8.0-1016.20
- ubuntu•linux-fips
all | < 5.15.0-156.166+fips1 | < 6.8.0-100.100+fips1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp
all | all | < 5.15.0-1092.101 | < 6.8.0-1047.50
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.13
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.15
< 5.15.0-1092.101~20.04.1
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.19
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.3
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.4
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-5.8
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.11
all
- ubuntu•linux-gcp-6.14
< 6.14.0-1016.17~24.04.1
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References (43)
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/1ee8ea6937d13b20f90ff35d71ccc03ba448182d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/68a1037f0bac4de9a585aa9c879ef886109f3647
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/74e18211c2c89ab66c9546baa7408288db61aa0d
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/c13255389499275bc5489a0b5b7940ccea3aef04
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/9febcc8bded8be0d7efd8237fcef599b6d93b788
- https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2025/10/msg00008.html
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2025-38159
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2025-38159
- https://git.kernel.org/linus/4c2c372de2e108319236203cce6de44d70ae15cd
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7769-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7770-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7771-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7769-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7775-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7776-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7769-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7775-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7775-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7789-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7774-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7789-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-4
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-5
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-6
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8031-3
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8052-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-7
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8028-8
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8052-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8074-1
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8074-2
- https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8126-1
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2025-38159