CVE-2025-39952

High

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: wilc1000: avoid buffer overflow in WID string configuration Fix the following copy overflow warning identified by Smatch checker. drivers/net/wireless/microchip/wilc1000/wlan_cfg.c:184 wilc_wlan_parse_response_frame() error: '__memcpy()' 'cfg->s[i]->str' copy overflow (512 vs 65537) This patch introduces size check before accessing the memory buffer. The checks are base on the WID type of received data from the firmware. For WID string configuration, the size limit is determined by individual element size in 'struct wilc_cfg_str_vals' that is maintained in 'len' field of 'struct wilc_cfg_str'.

SeverityHigh
CVSS8.8
Exploit probability—
ProductLinux Kernel
PublishedOct 4, 2025
First seenOct 4, 2025

How to fix

Update
  • linux linux_kernel6.6.108, 6.12.49, 6.16.9 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
linux linux_kernel4.2 ≤ v < 6.6.108, 6.7 ≤ v < 6.12.49, 6.13 ≤ v < 6.16.9, 6.176.6.108, 6.12.49, 6.16.9

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CVE-2025-39952 · Linux Kernel · Dark Radar