CVE Catalog

CVE-2025-39957

HighCVSS 7.1
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.14%

4th percentile - higher than 4% of all known CVEs

Summary

In the Linux kernel's mac80211 WiFi subsystem, the S1G capability element is not accounted for in scan_ies_len. This causes a buffer length validation failure in ieee80211_prep_hw_scan() and a WARN in __ieee80211_start_scan(), preventing hardware scanning.

Risk Assessment

The organization using S1G WiFi networks may have completely broken hardware scanning, hindering network discovery and connectivity.

Recommendation

Apply the Linux kernel patch that increases scan_ies_len to accommodate the S1G capability element length, enabling proper hardware scanning.

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Original NVD description (English source)

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: increase scan_ies_len for S1G Currently the S1G capability element is not taken into account for the scan_ies_len, which leads to a buffer length validation failure in ieee80211_prep_hw_scan() and subsequent WARN in __ieee80211_start_scan(). This prevents hw scanning from functioning. To fix ensure we accommodate for the S1G capability length.

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