8.8

CVE-2025-39918: wifi: mt76: fix linked list corruption

Modified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2025-39918DEBIAN-CVE-2025-39918
Published 01-10-2025Last modified 05-08-2026

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2025-39918 is a high (CVSS 8.8) vulnerability in linux. EPSS estimates a 0.21% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 10.8% of scored vulnerabilities.

Priority
Routine

Not severe (CVSS 8.8, adjacent network); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources

Source freshness unavailable

How is this decided?
CVSS score
8.8/10
010
High · v3.1 (CVE.org)
EPSS score
0.21%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedNot listed by any tracked catalog.
RansomwareNot flaggedNo ransomware use recorded.
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 9 · Related 5
OPENSUSE-SU-2025:20081-1RHSA-2025:22392RHSA-2025:22395RHSA-2025:22405RHSA-2025:22571SUSE-SU-2025:21074-1

Timeline

  1. 01-10-2025
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: fix linked list corruption Never leave scheduled wcid entries on the temporary on-stack list

CVSS metrics

5 scores · 4 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.21%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

11%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

No change 0.00 pp

From 0.20% on 04-10-2026

04-10-202603-11-2026

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEV

Not in the CISA KEV catalog.

ENISA CNW

Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.

CIRCL

Not in the CIRCL catalog.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Version check

Known conditions: adjacent network, no authentication, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.

Ubuntu94 products
  • linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.13All versions (No fix recorded)
  • linux-aws-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
Linux2 products
  • linux≥ 0b3be9d1d34e21dada69c539fbf51a5fe868028a, < e4d5a5fc61fdc65220a1ce078d24c1d20bbb0835 | ≥ 0b3be9d1d34e21dada69c539fbf51a5fe868028a, < c91a59b04f928cb4a1436b0e0a27650883d0388a | ≥ 0b3be9d1d34e21dada69c539fbf51a5fe868028a, < 49fba87205bec14a0f6bd997635bf3968408161e | 6.12
  • linux_kernel≥ 6.12, < 6.12.46 | ≥ 6.13, < 6.16.6 | 6.17:rc1 | 6.17:rc2 | 6.17:rc3 | 6.17:rc4
Debian1 product
  • linux< 6.12.48-1 | < 6.16.6-1

3 vendors · 97 products

References

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