CVE-2025-39761 (GCVE-0-2025-39761)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2025-09-11 16:52 – Updated: 2026-08-05 12:05
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
wifi: ath12k: Decrement TID on RX peer frag setup error handling
Summary
In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved:
wifi: ath12k: Decrement TID on RX peer frag setup error handling
Currently, TID is not decremented before peer cleanup, during error
handling path of ath12k_dp_rx_peer_frag_setup(). This could lead to
out-of-bounds access in peer->rx_tid[].
Hence, add a decrement operation for TID, before peer cleanup to
ensures proper cleanup and prevents out-of-bounds access issues when
the RX peer frag setup fails.
Found during code review. Compile tested only.
Severity
8.8 (High)
Assigner
References
Impacted products
2 products
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 , < eb1e1526b82b8cf31f1ef9ca86a2647fb6cd89c6
(git)
Affected: d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 , < 7c3e99fd4a66a5ac9c7dd32db07359666efe0002 (git) Affected: d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 , < a3b73c72c42348bf1555fd2b00f32f941324b242 (git) Affected: d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 , < 9530d666f4376c294cdf4348c29fe3542fec980a (git) Affected: d889913205cf7ebda905b1e62c5867ed4e39f6c2 , < 7c0884fcd2ddde0544d2e77f297ae461e1f53f58 (git) |
guessed | |
| Linux | Linux |
Affected:
6.3
Unaffected: 0 , < 6.3 (semver) Unaffected: 6.6.103 , ≤ 6.6.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.12.43 , ≤ 6.12.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.15.11 , ≤ 6.15.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.16.2 , ≤ 6.16.* (semver) Unaffected: 6.17 , ≤ * (original_commit_for_fix) |
guessed |
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