216.73.217.86

CVE-2025-38509

· Published 16/08/2025 11:15 · Modified 16/08/2025 11:15

Labels: CVE-2025-38509 2025-08-16416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67CVE-2025-38509

Essential information

Published
16/08/2025 11:15
Modified
16/08/2025 11:15
Author
Creator
CISA KEV
No
CWE

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: reject VHT opmode for unsupported channel widths VHT operating mode notifications are not defined for channel widths below 20 MHz. In particular, 5 MHz and 10 MHz are not valid under the VHT specification and must be rejected. Without this check, malformed notifications using these widths may reach ieee80211_chan_width_to_rx_bw(), leading to a WARN_ON due to invalid input. This issue was reported by syzbot. Reject these unsupported widths early in sta_link_apply_parameters() when opmode_notif is used. The accepted set includes 20, 40, 80, 160, and 80+80 MHz, which are valid for VHT. While 320 MHz is not defined for VHT, it is allowed to avoid rejecting HE or EHT clients that may still send a VHT opmode notification.

NVD status

Status
Received — CVE has been recently published to the CVE List and has been received by the NVD.
Source
416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
NVD
View on NVD

Affected products (CPE)

ProductCPE
linux / linux kernel cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References