Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 3, 2025· Updated Nov 3, 2025
wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled
CVE-2025-38157
Description
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath9k_htc: Abort software beacon handling if disabled
A malicious USB device can send a WMI_SWBA_EVENTID event from an ath9k_htc-managed device before beaconing has been enabled. This causes a device-by-zero error in the driver, leading to either a crash or an out of bounds read.
Prevent this by aborting the handling in ath9k_htc_swba() if beacons are not enabled.
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Affected products
124- osv-coords122 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References
8- git.kernel.org/stable/c/0281c19074976ec48f0078d50530b406ddae75bcmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/40471b23147c86ea3ed97faee79937c618250bd0mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5482ef9875eaa43f0435e14570e1193823de857emitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/5a85c21f812e02cb00ca07007d88acdd42d08c46mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/7ee3fb6258da8c890a51b514f60d7570dc703605mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ac4e317a95a1092b5da5b9918b7118759342641cmitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/e5ce9df1d68094d37360dbd9b09289d42fa21e54mitre
- git.kernel.org/stable/c/ee5ee646385f5846dcbc881389f3c44a197c402amitre
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