CVE-2025-38512
HighCVSS 8.8Exploitation Probability (EPSS)
Low risk13th percentile - higher than 13% of all known CVEs
Summary
A vulnerability enabling A-MSDU attacks in mesh networks has been fixed in the Linux kernel. The flaw allowed spoofing A-MSDU frames, potentially leading to traffic interception or modification. The patch detects attack attempts by analyzing Mesh Control headers.
Risk Assessment
Organizations using Wi-Fi mesh networks (e.g., in wireless topologies) are exposed to spoofing attacks that could enable data interception or tampering. The risk is especially relevant in environments where communication integrity in mesh networks is critical.
Recommendation
Immediately update the Linux kernel to a version containing the patch (e.g., 6.14.x or later). After updating, test mesh network functionality including A-MSDU frames.
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Original NVD description (English source)
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: prevent A-MSDU attacks in mesh networks This patch is a mitigation to prevent the A-MSDU spoofing vulnerability for mesh networks. The initial update to the IEEE 802.11 standard, in response to the FragAttacks, missed this case (CVE-2025-27558). It can be considered a variant of CVE-2020-24588 but for mesh networks. This patch tries to detect if a standard MSDU was turned into an A-MSDU by an adversary. This is done by parsing a received A-MSDU as a standard MSDU, calculating the length of the Mesh Control header, and seeing if the 6 bytes after this header equal the start of an rfc1042 header. If equal, this is a strong indication of an ongoing attack attempt. This defense was tested with mac80211_hwsim against a mesh network that uses an empty Mesh Address Extension field, i.e., when four addresses are used, and when using a 12-byte Mesh Address Extension field, i.e., when six addresses are used. Functionality of normal MSDUs and A-MSDUs was also tested, and confirmed working, when using both an empty and 12-byte Mesh Address Extension field. It was also tested with mac80211_hwsim that A-MSDU attacks in non-mesh networks keep being detected and prevented. Note that the vulnerability being patched, and the defense being implemented, was also discussed in the following paper and in the following IEEE 802.11 presentation: https://papers.mathyvanhoef.com/wisec2025.pdf https://mentor.ieee.org/802.11/dcn/25/11-25-0949-00-000m-a-msdu-mesh-spoof-protection.docx

