CVE-2025-38509
wifi: mac80211: reject VHT opmode for unsupported channel widths
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Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
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.
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.
CVSS Scores
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Timeline
- 2025-04-16 CVE Reserved
- 2025-08-16 CVE Published
- 2025-08-16 CVE Updated
- 2025-08-22 EPSS Updated
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CWE
CAPEC
References (3)
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/751e7489c1d74b94ffffbed619d8fd724eeff4ee | Vuln. Introduced |
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https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18eca59a04500b68a90e0c5c873f97c9d1ea2bfa | 2025-07-17 | |
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fcb1b4287ce38850402bb2bb16d09bf77b91d9 | 2025-07-07 |
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Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.13 < 6.15.7 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.13 < 6.15.7" | en |
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Linux Search vendor "Linux" | Linux Kernel Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" | >= 6.13 < 6.16 Search vendor "Linux" for product "Linux Kernel" and version " >= 6.13 < 6.16" | en |
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