CVE-2025-39952

wifi: wilc1000: avoid buffer overflow in WID string configuration

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: October 4, 2025 at 07:31 AM UTC
Updated: October 30, 2026 at 01:18 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.3%

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'.

Affected

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

4.2 ≤ v < 6.6.1086.13 ≤ v < 6.16.96.7 ≤ v < 6.12.496.176.17 rc16.17 rc26.17 rc36.17 rc4c5c77ba18ea66aa05441c71e38473efb787705a4
Vendor states this is fixed in 2203ef417044b10a8563ade6a17c74183745d72e (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6085291a1a5865d4ad70f0e5812d524ebd5d1711 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in ae50f8562306a7ea1cf3c9722f97ee244f974729 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in fe9e4d0c39311d0f97b024147a0d155333f388b5 (fixed)
Vendor states this is fixed in 4.2 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.12.49 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.16.9 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.17 (unaffected)
Vendor states this is fixed in 6.6.108 (unaffected)

CVSS

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

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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