CVE-2025-39862 — Out-of-bounds Write in Linux

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds WriteCWE-665 — Improper Initialization6 documents6 sources
Severity
7.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.0%
top 94.20%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
12
LinuxLinux KernelDebian Linux+9 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 19
Latest updateSep 22

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix list corruption after hardware restart Since stations are recreated from scratch, all lists that wcids are added to must be cleared before calling ieee80211_restart_hw. Set wcid->sta = 0 for each wcid entry in order to ensure that they are not added again before they are ready.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages13 packages

▶NVDlinux/linux_kernel6.2 — 6.16.6+1
▶Debianlinux/linux_kernel< 6.16.6-1

Patches

Patch: git.kernel.org ↗Patch: git.kernel.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

2
GHSA
GHSA-89h6-xrm9-52q6: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix list corruption after hardware restart Since stations ar↗2025-09-22
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OSV
CVE-2025-39862: In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix list corruption after hardware restart Since stations are↗2025-09-19
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📋Vendor Advisories

3
Red Hat
kernel: wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix list corruption after hardware restart↗2025-09-19
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Microsoft
wifi: mt76: mt7915: fix list corruption after hardware restart↗2025-09-09
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Debian
CVE-2025-39862: linux - In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mt76:...↗2025
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