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High severity7.3NVD Advisory· Published Aug 22, 2025· Updated Jul 30, 2026

CVE-2025-38657

CVE-2025-38657

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:

wifi: rtw89: mcc: prevent shift wrapping in rtw89_core_mlsr_switch()

The "link_id" value comes from the user via debugfs. If it's larger than BITS_PER_LONG then that would result in shift wrapping and potentially an out of bounds access later. In fact, we can limit it to IEEE80211_MLD_MAX_NUM_LINKS (15).

Fortunately, only root can write to debugfs files so the security impact is minimal.

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Affected products

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  • Linux/Kernel3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:6.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
    • (no CPE)range: 6.16
  • osv-coords
    Range: >= 6.16.0, < 6.16.1

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