CVE-2025-39991: wifi: ath11k: fix NULL dereference in ath11k_qmi_m3_load()
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2025-39991 is a vulnerability in linux with no CVSS score yet. EPSS estimates a 0.20% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 9.7% of scored vulnerabilities.
No CVSS vector published; no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 27 · Related 27Timeline
- 15-10-2025PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 14-09-2026Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: ath11k: fix NULL dereference in ath11k_qmi_m3_load() If ab->fw.m3_data points to data, then fw pointer remains null. Further, if m3_mem is not allocated, then fw is dereferenced to be passed to ath11k_err function. Replace fw->size by m3_len. Found by Linux Verification Center (linuxtesting.org) with SVACE.
CVSS metrics
Risk metrics not yet published.
EPSS trend
Probability
0.20%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
10%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.20% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
Not in the ENISA CNW catalog.
Not in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Known conditions: not stated in public data.
Ubuntu121 products
- linux< 6.8.0-106.106 | < 6.17.0-6.6
- linux-allwinner-5.19All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws< 6.8.0-1050.53 | < 6.17.0-1003.3
- linux-aws-5.0All versions (No fix recorded)
- linux-aws-5.11All versions (No fix recorded)
Debian1 product
- linux< 6.12.57-1 | < 6.16.11-1
Linux1 product
- linux≥ 98e373dc08187c3f1cd97342b369fa2b0f24005e, < 7554d498e4283c3b4559795abd175eb24a84f47f | ≥ 7db88b962f06a52af5e9a32971012e8f3427cec0, < 1f52119809b76d43759fc47da1cf708690b740a1 | ≥ 7db88b962f06a52af5e9a32971012e8f3427cec0, < 888830b2cbc035838bebefe94502976da94332a5 | ≥ 7db88b962f06a52af5e9a32971012e8f3427cec0, < 500fcc31e488d798937a23dbb1f62db46820c5b2 | ≥ 7db88b962f06a52af5e9a32971012e8f3427cec0, < 3fd2ef2ae2b5c955584a3bee8e83ae7d7a98f782 | 6.7
3 vendors · 123 products