CVE-2025-38509

wifi: mac80211: reject VHT opmode for unsupported channel widths

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: August 16, 2025 at 10:54 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 09:17 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.1%

Description

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: wifi: mac80211: reject VHT opmode for unsupported channel widths VHT operating mode notifications are not defined for channel widths below 20 MHz. In particular, 5 MHz and 10 MHz are not valid under the VHT specification and must be rejected. Without this check, malformed notifications using these widths may reach ieee80211_chan_width_to_rx_bw(), leading to a WARN_ON due to invalid input. This issue was reported by syzbot. Reject these unsupported widths early in sta_link_apply_parameters() when opmode_notif is used. The accepted set includes 20, 40, 80, 160, and 80+80 MHz, which are valid for VHT. While 320 MHz is not defined for VHT, it is allowed to avoid rejecting HE or EHT clients that may still send a VHT opmode notification.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

6.13 ≤ v < 6.15.76.13 ≤ v < 6.166.136.16 rc16.16 rc26.16 rc36.16 rc46.16 rc5751e7489c1d74b94ffffbed619d8fd724eeff4ee
Vendor states this is fixed in 18eca59a04500b68a90e0c5c873f97c9d1ea2bfa (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 58fcb1b4287ce38850402bb2bb16d09bf77b91d9 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.13 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.15.7 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16 (unaffected)

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (2)

Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/18eca59a04500b68a90e0c5c873f97c9d1ea2bfa
Patch
Source: 416baaa9-dc9f-4396-8d5f-8c081fb06d67
https://git.kernel.org/stable/c/58fcb1b4287ce38850402bb2bb16d09bf77b91d9

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

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