CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-37973

HighCVSS 8.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.22%

13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel cfg80211 Wi-Fi subsystem, an out-of-bounds access can occur during multi-link element defragmentation due to incorrect length calculation.

Risk Assessment

An attacker within Wi-Fi range can cause system crashes or data leaks by sending specially crafted frames.

Recommendation

Install a Linux kernel update that correctly calculates the remaining IE length.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: cfg80211: fix out-of-bounds access during multi-link element defragmentation Currently during the multi-link element defragmentation process, the multi-link element length added to the total IEs length when calculating the length of remaining IEs after the multi-link element in cfg80211_defrag_mle(). This could lead to out-of-bounds access if the multi-link element or its corresponding fragment elements are the last elements in the IEs buffer. To address this issue, correctly calculate the remaining IEs length by deducting the multi-link element end offset from total IEs end offset.

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